Other ID: HR_RITA
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 for the impact zone of Hurricane Rita
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2005-09-27
End Date: 2005-10-02
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera, GPS , Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Texas and Louisiana
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.345 | South: 27.965 | West: -97.025 | East: -91.998 |
Platform(s):
 Airplane |
Bonisteel-Cormier, J.M., Wright, C.W., Fredericks, A.M., Klipp, E.S., Nagle, D.B., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Brock, J.C., 2013, EAARL coastal topography and imagery-Western Louisiana, post-Hurricane Rita, 2005: first surface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 720, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds720.
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., 2018, Lidar-derived beach morphology (Dune Crest, Dune Toe, and Shoreline) for U.S. sandy coastlines (Version 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0S0Z.
Doran, K.S., Plant, N.G., Stockdon, H.F., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Serafin, K.A., 2009, Hurricane Ike: Observations and analysis of coastal change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1061, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091061.
Hardy, M.W., Kranenburg, C.J., Doran, K.S., 2017, EAARL coastal topographyâTexas, post-Hurricane Rita, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WD3ZFC.
Kindinger, J.L., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Bernier, J.C., Kulp, M.A., 2013, Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program summary report: Data and analyses 2006 through 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1083, 86 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131083.
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.
Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., Thompson, D.M., Dalyander, P.S., 2017, A methodology for modeling barrier island storm-impact scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1009, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171009.
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., 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 | |
| Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera | --- | Other Imagery | 05LTS06-OI-pd-1 (color infrared imagery 250-centimeter-resolution mosaic tiles) |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) | --- | LIDAR | RITA2005_Texas_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.xyz (Lidar-derived bare-earth topography collected post-Hurricane Rita in Texas) 05LTS06_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20050927-20051002 post-Rita in Texas and Louisiana) RITA2005_Texas_EAARLA_FS_n88g96.xyz (Lidar-derived first-surface topography collected post-Hurricane Rita in Texas) 05LTS06-LI-pd-12 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography GIS datasets of Western Louisiana) |
