Field Activity O1209CA

Identifier O1209CA
Alternate names O-12-09-CA
Purpose Monitor changes in beach and subtidal sand volume, distribution
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Patrick Barnard. Geodetic, Bathymetric data (ATV, GPS, Waverunners) of field activity O-12-09-CA in Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA from 11/03/2009 to 11/04/2009
Location CA
Summary ATV-mounted GPS survey of Ocean Beach, with Waverunner bathymetry survey of nearshore region
Info derived Beach elevation and nearshore bathymetry
Comments rawdata files exist on /rawdata/2009/O-12-09-CA/topo Staff information imported from InfoBank Dan Hoover Jeff Hansen Gerry Hatcher Isaac Jones
Projects
Platform
Waverunners
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2009-11-03
End (port not specified) 2009-11-04
Bounds
West -122.5288
East -122.50456
North 37.77725
South 37.71138
Activity Geodetic, Bathymetric

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Patrick Barnard
Crew members
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Jeff Hansen,Isaac Jones

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Profiles, Transects, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ATV Profiles, Transects 4
GPS Navigation 3
Waverunners Navigation, Single Beam 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Arc ASCII and GeoTiff DEMs of the North-Central California Coast (DEM_#_ASCII and DEM_#_GeoTIFF) ATV A seamless, 2 meter resolution digital elevation model (DEM) was constructed for the open-coast region of the San Francisco Bay Area (outside of the Golden Gate Bridge), extending from Half Moon Bay to Bodega Head along the north-central California coastline. The goal was to integrate the most recent high-resolution bathymetric and topographic datasets available (for example, Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) topography, multibeam and single-beam sonar bathymetry) into a seamless surface model extending offshore at least 3 nautical miles and inland beyond the +20 m elevation contour. Amy Foxgrover
Coverage Polygons for DEMs of the North-Central California Coast (DEM_coverage_areas.shp) ATV A GIS polygon shapefile outlining the extent of the 14 individual DEM sections that comprise the seamless, 2-meter resolution DEM for the open-coast region of the San Francisco Bay Area (outside of the Golden Gate Bridge), extending from Half Moon Bay to Bodega Head along the north-central California coastline. The goal was to integrate the most recent high-resolution bathymetric and topographic datasets available (for example, Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) topography, multibeam and single-beam sonar bathymetry) into a seamless surface model extending offshore at least 3 nautical miles and inland beyond the +20 meter elevation contour. Amy Foxgrover
Hydro-flattened Elevation Area Outlines for DEMs of the North-Central California Coast (Hydro_flattened_water.shp) ATV A GIS polygon shapefile outlining the extent of small lakes or ponds within the terrain that were assigned a hydo-flattened elevation during lidar post-processing. DEM elevations within these small areas reflect water surface elevations, not bathymetric elevations. Amy Foxgrover
Input Data Boundary Outlines for DEMs of the North-Central California Coast (DEM_source_data.shp) ATV A GIS polygon shapefile outlining the boundaries of the native input datasets used to construct a seamless, 2-meter resolution digital elevation model (DEM) was constructed for the open-coast region of the San Francisco Bay Area (outside of the Golden Gate Bridge), extending from Half Moon Bay to Bodega Head along the North-central California coastline. The goal was to integrate the most recent high-resolution bathymetric and topographic datasets available (for example, Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) topography, multibeam and single-beam sonar bathymetry) into a seamless surface model extending offshore at least 3 nautical miles and inland beyond the +20 m elevation contour. Amy Foxgrover
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Daniel J Hoover
Global positioning system (GPS) data o-12-09-ca.060_black GPS Provisional best file Daniel J Hoover
Global positioning system (GPS) data o-12-09-ca.060_red GPS Provisional best file Daniel J Hoover
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths o-12-09-ca.320_060_black Waverunners Provisional best file Daniel J Hoover
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths o-12-09-ca.320_060_red Waverunners Provisional best file Daniel J Hoover

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity