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Field Activity Details for field activity 06SCC05

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of New Orleans

Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring - BICM (GR.20.MN00.FT954.00)

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam

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Start Date: 2006-07-04

End Date: 2006-07-14

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Marimatech Echosounder, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100

Information to be Derived: Post Hurricane Katrina barrier island monitoring

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Single-beam bathymetry

Staff: David Bennett, James Flocks, Keith Ludwig, Dana Wiese

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Location:

Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 30.08493915 South: 29.4633711 West: -89.075 East: -88.62053058

Platform(s):

photo of Streeterville
Streeterville

Mudlump

Publications

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.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Marimatech Echosounder --- Single Beam
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam

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