Other ID: Gulf_Coast
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
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1998-10-29
End Date: 1998-11-09
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:
Northern Gulf of Mexico
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.400007 | South: 26.384175 | West: -90.9678 | East: -81.872129 |
Platform(s):
 Airplane |
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.
Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Overbeck, J.R., 2015, A method for determining average beach slope and beach slope variability for U.S. sandy coastlines: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1053, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151053.
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.
Overbeck, J.R., Doran, K.S., 2015, Beach slopes of Florida: Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XK8CK2.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Topographic Mapper 2 (ATM2) | --- | LIDAR | 98LTS05_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 19981029-19981109 in Louisiana through Florida) |
