Other ID: EAARL/2008/SouthLouisiana
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): Amar Nayegandhi, John Brock (USGS)
Information Specialist(s): Emily Klipp
Data Type(s): Imagery: Other Imagery, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain high-resolution topographic data of wetlands and barrier islands
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Kiln, Mississippi (Stennis Airport)
End Port/Location: Kiln, Mississippi (Stennis Airport)
Start Date: 2008-03-04
End Date: 2008-03-14
Equipment Used: Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL), Digital Camera, Multispectral Imaging System, GPS
Information to be Derived: Sub-aerial topography, geo-referenced digital camera imagery
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This data set provides those bare earth elevation measurements in portions of the following parishes/counties: Orleans and St. Tammany in Louisiana and Hancock in Mississippi.
Staff: C Wayne Wright
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Southern LA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.4634712 | South: 28.48838239 | West: -91.90561295 | East: -88.60087395 |
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., 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.
Fredericks, X., Kranenburg, C.J., Nagle, D.B., Doran, K.S., 2017, EAARL coastal topographyâEastern Louisiana Barrier Islands, 09 March 2008: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HRQ.
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.
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Miner, M.D., Yates, X., Bonisteel, J.M., 2009, EAARL coastal topography - Pearl River Delta 2008: Bare earth: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 416, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds416.
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Miner, M.D., Yates, X., Bonisteel, J.M., 2009, EAARL coastal topography - Pearl River Delta 2008: First surface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 417, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds417.
Palermo, R.V., Ashton, A.D., Nepf, H., Kule, M., Swanson, T., 2024, Predicting Characteristic Length Scales of Barrier Island Segmentation in Microtidal Environments: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., v. 129 no. 10, e2023JF007437 p., doi: 10.1029/2023JF007437.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) | --- | LIDAR | 08LTS01-LI-pd-1 (Lidar-derived bare earth (BE) topography†GIS†datasets of the Pearl River Delta in Louisiana and Mississippi) EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03_mosaic.tif (Lidar-derived first-surface topography mosaic) EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03.xyz (Lidar-derived bare-earth topography point cloud.) EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03_mosaic.tif (Lidar-derived bare-earth topography mosaic) EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03.xyz (Lidar-derived first-surface topography point cloud. ) 08LTS01-LI-pd-2 (Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography†GIS†datasets of the Pearl River Delta in Louisiana and Mississippi) 08LTS01_morphology.zip (Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20080304-20080314 in Louisiana) |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Multispectral Imaging System | --- | Other Imagery | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
