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Peter Dal Ferro

Member of the Marine Facility (MarFac) group that provides science support for the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California

Vessel Captain of R/V Parke Snavely, R/V Karluk, and R/V San Lorenzo

PCMSC Diving Safety Officer

Professional Experience

  • 2009-present: Marine Engineering Technician with the USGS PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

  • 11 yrs as the Boat Program Manager, Assistant Diving Safety Officer, and Año Nuevo Island Steward at the University of California, Santa Cruz

  • 7 seasons serving on R/V Laurence M Gould and R/V Nathaniel B Palmer as a Marine Technician in support of NSF-funded science missions in Antarctica

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A large truck is parked near the wall of a building with a boat on the attached boat trailer.

PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility, or MarFac
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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PCMSC Marine Facility (MarFac)

Learn about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility, or MarFac
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PCMSC vessel San Lorenzo

Above, the view through the windshield of San Lorenzo reveals a perfect work day on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Rio Vista, California.
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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PCMSC vessel San Lorenzo

Above, the view through the windshield of San Lorenzo reveals a perfect work day on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Rio Vista, California.
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Small silver metal boat with USGS lettering on the side, water is splashing up on the side and a small wake is formed.

PCMSC research vessel Parke Snavely

Information about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's research vessel Parke Snavely, acquired in November 2007.
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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PCMSC research vessel Parke Snavely

Information about the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's research vessel Parke Snavely, acquired in November 2007.
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A metal boat sits on a towing trailer in a parking lot.

PCMSC vessel Jewell

Above, Jewell is prepared for a day of sampling on Grizzly Bay
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
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PCMSC vessel Jewell

Above, Jewell is prepared for a day of sampling on Grizzly Bay
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Overlapping lakebed images and associated GNSS locations acquired near Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 2021

Underwater images were collected using a recently developed towed-surface vehicle with multiple downward-looking underwater cameras. The system is named the Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). However, there were only 4 cameras operational for this collection due to a cable failure. Images were collected March 10th and 11th of 2021 by tow
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Chirp sub-bottom data collected in 2019 in Whiskeytown Lake, California during USGS field activity 2018-686-FA

High-resolution chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in May of 2019 in Whiskeytown Lake, California using an Edgetech SB-512i sub-bottom profiler. These data were collected to measure possible debris flows into the lake during the 2018-2019 rainy season following the July-August 2018 Carr fire that burned vegetation around th
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Multichannel Seismic-Reflection and Navigation Data Collected Using Sercel GI Guns and Geometrics GeoEel Digital Streamers During the Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX), USGS Field Activity 2018-002-FA

In summer 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey partnered with the U.S Department of Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct the Mid-Atlantic Resources Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Gas Hydrates Project. The field program objectives were to acquire high-resolution 2-dimensional multichannel seismic-reflection and split-beam echosounder data along
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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A structure made of wooden pilings with a platform around the top stands in water with fog and hills in the far background.
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A nondescript white instrument box sits up high atop piers in the water with cables and a small solar panel.
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