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Field Activity Details for field activity 01LTS02

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Other ID: Gulf_Coast2

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Lidar for Science and Resource Management (MN00E3J)

Principal Investigator(s): John Brock

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Emily Klipp

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: to collect lidar data

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Start Date: 2001-09-07

End Date: 2001-10-13

Equipment Used: Airborne Topographic Mapper 3 (ATM3), GPS

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Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Location:

Northern Gulf of Mexico

Boundaries
North: 30.81203886 South: 27.41154764 West: -97.3285675 East: -83.91477585

Platform(s):

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Publications

Bosse, S.T., Flocks, J.G., Bernier, J.C., Georgiou, I.Y., Kulp, M.A., Brown, M., 2019, Louisiana Coastal Zone sediment characterization; Comparison of sediment grain sizes for samples collected in 2008 and 2015-2016 from the western Chenier plain to the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana-Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1132, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191132.

Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Birchler, J.J.,, B., O.T., Hardy, M.W., Morgan, K.L.M., Stockdon, H.F., Torres, M.L., 2017, Lidar-derived beach morphology (dune crest, dune toe, and shoreline) for U.S. sandy coastlines: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0S0Z.

Flocks, J.G., Terrano, J.F., 2016, Analysis of seafloor change at Breton Island, Gosier Shoals, and surrounding waters, 1869-2014, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1069, 34 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161069.

Henderson, R.E., Nelson, P.R., Long, J.W., Smith, C., 2017, Vector shorelines and associated shoreline change rates derived from lidar and aerial imagery for Dauphin Island, Alabama: 1940-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43RB5.

Kindinger, J.L., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Bernier, J.C., Kulp, M.A., 2013, Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program summary report: Data and analyses 2006 through 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1083, 86 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131083.

Klipp, E., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Bonisteel, J.M., Yates, X., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Texas, 2001: UTM zone 14: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 448, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds448.

Klipp, E., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Bonisteel, J.M., Yates, X., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Texas, 2001: UTM zone 15: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 449, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds449.

Long, J.W., Henderson, R.E., Thompson, D.M., 2020, Forecasting future beach width-A case study along the Florida Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1150, 20 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191150.

Malagon-Santos, V., Wahl, T., Long, J.W., Passeri, D.L., Plant, N.G., 2019, Surrogate model development for coastal dune erosion under storm conditions: Coastal Sediments, , doi: 10.1142/9789811204487_0116.

Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., Thompson, D.M., Dalyander, P.S., 2017, A methodology for modeling barrier island storm-impact scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1009, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171009.

Nayegandhi, A., Yates, X., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Bonisteel, J.M., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Alabama, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 418, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds418.

Nayegandhi, A., Yates, X., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Mississippi, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 450, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds450.

Smith, C.G., Long, J.W., Henderson, R.E., Nelson, P.R., 2018, Assessing the impact of open-ocean and back-barrier shoreline change on Dauphin Island, Alabama, at multiple time scales over the last 75 years: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1170, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181170.

Stockdon, H.F., Long, J.W., Palmsten, M.L., Van der Westhuysen, A., Doran, K.S., Snell, R.J., 2023, Operational forecasts of wave-driven water levels and coastal hazards for US Gulf and Atlantic coasts: Communications Earth & Environment, v. 4 no. 1, 169 p., doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00817-2.

Terrano, J.F., Flocks, J.G., Smith, K.E.L., 2015, A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for Breton Island, Louisiana: 1869-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XS5SGM.

Terrano, J.F., Flocks, J.G., Smith, K.E.L., 2016, Analysis of shoreline and geomorphic change for Breton Island, Louisiana, from 1869 to 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1039, 43 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161039.

Thompson, D.M., Dalyander, P.S., Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., 2017, Correction of elevation offsets in multiple co-located lidar datasets: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1031, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171031.

Williams, B.N., Schreppel, H.A., Stalk C.A., 2019, Footprints of lidar datasets published at the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center since 2001: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B616C5.

Yates, X., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Bonisteel, J.M., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Florida, 2001: Eastern panhandle: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 431, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds431.

Yates, X., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Bonisteel, J.M., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Florida, 2001: Western panhandle: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 430, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds430.

Yates, X., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Louisiana, 2001: UTM zone 15: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 464, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds464.

Yates, X., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Klipp, E., Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM coastal topography - Louisiana, 2001: UTM zone 16: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 465, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds465.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Airborne Topographic Mapper 3 (ATM3) --- LIDAR
01LTS02-LI-pd-6 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Alabama)
01LTS02-LI-pd-8 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Floridas Western Panhandle)
01LTS02-LI-pd-11 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Mississippi)
01LTS02-LI-pd-10 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Louisiana)
01LTS02_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20010909-20011113 in Texas through Florida)
01LTS02-LI-pd-7 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Floridas Eastern Panhandle)
01LTS02-LI-pd-13 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Texas)
01LTS02-LI-pd-9 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Louisiana)
01LTS02-LI-pd-12 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Texas)
GPS --- Navigation

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