The following should be completed about 2 days before a scheduled field trip. You need a couple of days to remedy any problems you might discover.
- Check the weather forecast.
- Check the tides, and try to time your beach surveys to occur at low tide if possible. (You should actually do this when first scheduling the field trip.)
- Check to make sure you have enough copies of field forms. You should have several extra copies.
- Ensure that all batteries are charged. The GPS receiver and camera both require batteries to operate.
- Check all other equipment and place in equipment bags and place in staging area until time for the trip. Use equipment checklists below.
EMERY BEACH-PROFILE EQUIPMENT LIST
- Red and black Emery rods
- 30-meter tape measure
- Sediment sample jars (three per profile plus one extra)
- Sighting compass
- Hand level
- Five long flags
- Clipboard
- Field book
- Data forms
- Permanent markers (2)
- Hand lens (3) - optional
- Pencils (2)
SHORELINE AND PROCESSES EQUIPMENT LIST
- GPS receiver with charged batteries
- 30-meter tape measure
- 50-meter tape measure
- Sighting compass
- Wind gauge (2)
- Digital camera
- Small metal survey flags (4)
- Clipboards (2)
- Data forms
- Permanent markers (2)
- Pencils (2)
- Stopwatch (2)
- Three floats per profile (oranges)
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