Other ID: H20050928R
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): M. Dennis Krohn, Karen L M Morgan
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Karen L M Morgan
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Photograph the Impact Zone of Hurricane Rita
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Alabama
End Port/Location: Alabama
Start Date: 2005-09-28
End Date: 2005-09-28
Equipment Used: Film Camera, Digital Camera, Garmin GPS, GPS
Information to be Derived: Oblique ariel photography
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Oblique ariel photography
Staff: Other
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Mission was flown by a contractor for the USGS.
Karen A Westphal, contractor.
Aircraft: Cessna.
1456 photos collected.
Xstorms number: H20050928R
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, to Bolivar Peninsula, TX
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.2626257 | South: 29.10383026 | West: -94.9988 | East: -88.43221029 |
Platform(s):
 Airplane |
Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Wright, C.W., Doran, K.S., Guy, K.K., Morgan, K.L.M., 2009, Hurricane Rita and the destruction of Holly Beach, Louisiana: Why the chenier plain is vulnerable to storms: In: Kelley, J.T., Pilkey, O.H., Cooper, J.A.G. (Eds.). America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities 460, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 127–135, doi: 10.1130/2009.2460(09).
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Camera | --- | Photo | No data was collected |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation | No data was collected |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
