Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Funding - Fire Island (AE03FJ6), Hurricane Sandy - Impacts to and Vulnerability of Coastal Beaches (AE03FBQ)
Principal Investigator(s): Cheryl Hapke
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Owen Brenner, Timothy Nelson, Billy Reynolds, David Thompson
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect nearshore bathymetry and beach profile elevation data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle, White Dodge Pickup - White
Start Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
End Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
Start Date: 2015-05-04
End Date: 2015-05-22
Equipment Used: Other, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Marimatech Echosounder
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry data and terrestrial-based light detection and ranging (T-lidar) elevation data
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Joseph Fredericks, Kyle Kelso
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-325-FA
Location:
Fire Island, NY
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.7564086 | South: 40.59046776 | West: -73.3512 | East: -72.8503418 |
Platform(s):
 Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark) |
Brenner, O.T., Hapke, C.J., Lee, K.G., Kimbrow, D.R., 2016, Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, May 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7862DKH.
Brenner, O.T., Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Reynolds, B.J., 2018, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New YorkâShoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data, October 2012 to October 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ANYQ8G.
Hapke, C.J., Nelson, T.R., Henderson, R.E., Brenner, O.T., Miselis, J.L., 2017, Morphologic evolution of the wilderness area breach at Fire Island, New York, 2012-15: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1116, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171116.
Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O.T., Reynolds, B.J., 2017, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data: October 2012 to June 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G15Z17.
Nelson, T.R., Miselis, J.L., Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O.T., Henderson, R.E., Reynolds, B.J., Wilson, K.E., 2017, Coastal bathymetry data collected in May 2015 from Fire Island, New York- Wilderness breach and shoreface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1049, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1049.
van Ormondt, M., Nelson, T.R., Hapke, C.J., Roelvink, D., 2020, Morphodynamic modelling of the wilderness breach, Fire Island, New York. Part I: Model set-up and validation: Coastal Engineering, Coastal Engineering, v. 157, 103621 p., doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103621.
Wilson, K., Lentz, E.E., Miselis, J.L., Safak, I., Brenner, O.T., 2019, A Bayesian Approach to Predict Sub-Annual Beach Change and Recovery: Estuaries and Coasts, Estuaries and Coasts, v. 42 no. 1, pp. 112–131, doi: 10.1007/s12237-018-0444-1.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) | --- | LIDAR | 20150518_FI_USGS_DEM.zip (Interpolated digital elevation model (DEM)) 20150518_FI_USGS_XYZ.zip (Processed elevation point data) |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 201505_Ground_Based_XYZ.zip (Ground-based xyz point data) |
| Marimatech Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | 201505_Single_Beam_XYZ.zip (Single-beam xyz point data) 201505_Single_Beam_XYZ_Shoreface.zip (Shoreface single-beam xyz point data) 201505_Single_Beam_XYZ_Wilderness_Breach.zip (Wilderness breach single-beam xyz point data) 201505_Wilderness_Breach_DEM.zip (Wilderness breach DEM) 201505_Shoreface_DEM.zip (Shoreface DEM) |
