Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards(1) (MN000J7)
Principal Investigator(s): Abby Sallenger
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Kara Doran, Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To acquire ground control data for LIDAR mapping.
Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver
Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
Start Date: 2008-09-05
End Date: 2008-09-08
Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Geodometer 640 Total Station, GPS Topographic Survey Buggy, Tripod
Information to be Derived: Ground Elevation and vegetation heights referenced to control point "Pt. Mark" on the Chandeleur Islands in various ground cover environments.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Established 5 temporary control points tied to Mark, using differential GPS. These control points were used as reference marks for station establishment of the total station. The total station was used to obtain ground elevations referenced to the WGS84 ellipsoid in six different ground cover environments including: bare earth; shallow water; emergent vegetation; tall vegetation; short vegetation and mangrove scrub. The beach buggy was additional roving GPS platform to obtain coverage over larger bare earth areas.
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Keith Ludwig, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, LA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.12157116 | South: 29.58777403 | West: -89.0977 | East: -88.39455004 |
Platform(s):
Unknown |  Halimeda |
Doran, K.S., Stockdon, H.F., Plant, N.G., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Guy, K.K., Serafin, K.A., 2009, Hurricane Gustav: Observations and analysis of coastal change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1279, 28 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091279.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
| Geodometer 640 Total Station | --- | Navigation | |
| GPS Topographic Survey Buggy | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Tripod | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Benchmarks Navigation |
