1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2024-657-FA

Identifier 2024-657-FA
Purpose Monitor changes in subtidal and subaerial sand volume and distribution
Location Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA, California
Summary Beach topography data, nearshore bathymetry, and digital images collected and archived on FAD.
Info derived Bathymetry and topography
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-631-FA.
Projects
Platform
ATV
Waverunner 1 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Waverunner 2 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford F350 MT use only; pickup - white; G43-2784H
MarFac; Ford F350 pickup/stake truck; 6 pass; G82-0317H
Itinerary
Start San Francisco, CA 2024-10-01
End San Francisco, CA 2024-10-01
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -122.579
East -122.47805176
North 37.80802086
South 37.6058952
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jonathan Warrick
Crew members
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Timothy C Elfers
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Alexander G Snyder
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sonar, Location-Elevation, Environmental Data
Data type: Photo, Single Beam, Profiles, Navigation, CTD

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Structure from Motion - ground vehicle Photo (no data reported)
Waverunners Navigation, Single Beam (no data reported)
Radio (rover) Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Radio (base) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Nomad Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
YSI Sound velocity CTD CTD, Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity