Recent Fieldwork - June-July 2019
By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
July 31, 2019
In June and July 2019, USGS coastal and marine scientists visited several coastal and offshore locations. Scientists collected coastal elevation data with drones and other GPS equipment, deployed instruments that collect water and sediment data from the ocean and from rivers, and much more. Here’s a quick overview of some recent fieldwork by our researchers.
This article is part of the June-July 2019 issue of the Sound Waves newsletter.
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- Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected pore water chemistry samples to study nutrients and genetics, July 29-31.
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- Carmel River, California: Measured elevation and sediment properties of the Carmel River channel, studying watershed response to disturbances including dam removal and large floods, July 15-19.
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- Capitola Beach, California: Collected high resolution topographic data, July 10.
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- Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts: Collected structure-from-motion photos with a drone to create elevation models, June 10-12, and investigated biomass quantification of a marsh using a multispectral camera mounted on a drone, July 8-12.
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- Crocker Reef, Plantation Key, Florida: Tested new seafloor mapping system using new underwater structure-from-motion techniques, July 6-16.
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- Unalakleet, Alaska: Collected depth and elevation data to support modeling efforts, July 5-13.
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- Bellingham Bay, Washington: Measured eelgrass characteristics and habitat and collected surface sediment samples, July 1-7
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- Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, Massachusetts: Deployed instruments to instruments to measure water velocity, water quality, water level, and seabed change, and collected water samples, June 19-21 and July 25-26.
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- Arctic Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Greenland and Norway: Collected samples to study the geochemistry of hydrothermal sediments, and sediment found in the water column, June 18-July 4.
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- Tampa Bay, Florida: Recovered, cleaned, and redeployed an ocean carbon system instrument, June 17-21, June 25-28, July 1-3, and July 8.
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- Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: Installed instruments to measure underwater temperature and video and photo equipment to monitor coral calcification, June 17-29.
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- Santa Rosa Island, Florida: Collected depth data for evaluating seafloor and sediment budget changes, June 14-July 3.
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- Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey: Collected water data and samples to monitor the post-restoration evolution of beaches, dunes, vegetative cover, and sediment budgets at beach and dune restoration sites, June 12-16 and July 15-20.
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- Cascadia (Pacific Northwest) margin, offshore Washington and Oregon: Conducted ROV and geophysical studies of methane seepage on the Cascadia margin, June 12-July 2.
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- North Topsail Beach and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Collected GPS data at ground control points to further validate existing structure-from-motion model, June 11-14.
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- Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California: Collected elevation data as part of an ongoing effort to map beach change; also collected structure-from-motion photos of Funston bluffs, June 6 and July 8.
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- San Pablo Bay, California: Collected sediment to analyze contaminant runoff from wildfire-impacted watersheds to north San Francisco Bay, June 3-4.
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- Puget Sound, Washington: Used a drone to collect structure-from-motion photos to map several beaches, with the goal of constructing a high-resolution map of the intertidal zone, June 2-8.
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- St. Marks, Florida: Measured water depth to create detailed offshore map, May 30-June 8.
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