Other ID: East_Coast03
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
Scientific Purpose/Goals: to collect lidar data
Vehicle(s): None
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End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1998-02-09
End Date: 1998-02-09
Equipment Used: Airborne Topographic Mapper 2 (ATM2)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
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Location:
Assateague Island
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.347026 | South: 37.759575 | West: -75.5551 | East: -75.039028 |
Platform(s):
 Airplane |
Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Birchler, J.J., Brenner, O.T., Hardy, M.W., Morgan, K.L.M., Stockdon, H.F., Torres, M.L., 2020, Lidar-derived beach morphology (Dune Crest, Dune Toe, and Shoreline) for U.S. sandy coastlines (ver 3.0, February 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0S0Z.
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.
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.
Stockdon, H.F., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., List, J.H., 2002, Estimation of shoreline position and change using airborne topographic lidar data: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 18, pp. 502–513.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Topographic Mapper 2 (ATM2) | --- | LIDAR | 98LTS01_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 19980209-19980210 in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware) |
