Other ID: HR_ISABEL
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 for the impact zone of Hurricane Isabel
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2003-09-16
End Date: 2003-09-21
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, GPS , Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
North Carolina and Virginia
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.061986 | South: 33.589925 | West: -78.9223 | East: -75.375464 |
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.
Doran, K.S., Long, J.W., Overbeck, J.R., 2015, Beach slopes of North Carolina: Salvo to Duck: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M906Q6.
Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., 2017, EAARL coastal topographyâCape Hatteras, North Carolina, pre- and post-Hurricane Isabel, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F76W9879.
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.
Plant, N.G., Smith, K.E.L., Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Bernier, J.C., 2018, Barrier-island and estuarine-wetland physical-change assessment after Hurricane Sandy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1157, 45 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171157.
Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K., Thompson, D., Sopkin, K., 2012, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1084, 51 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121084.
Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.S., Thompson, D.M., Sopkin, K.L., Plant, N.G., 2013, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Southeast Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1130, 28 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131130.
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.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) | --- | LIDAR | CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.xyz (Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected pre-Hurricane Isabel.) CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.xyz (Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected post-Hurricane Isabel.) 03LTS01_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20030916-20030921 Pre and Post-Isabel in North Carolina) 03LTS01-LI-pd-11 (North Carolina Raw Beach Slopes) 03LTS01-LI-pd-12 (North Carolina Mean Beach Slopes) |
