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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 11ACH01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Plant, Abby Sallenger, Hilary Stockdon

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Kristy Guy

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect baseline information for hurricane impact studies.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Wilmington, NC

End Port/Location: Miami Beach, FL

Start Date: 2008-08-23

End Date: 2008-08-31

Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held, Digital Camera, Global Positioning System (GPS)

Information to be Derived: Coastal geomorphology, pre-storm.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Kristy Guy, M. Dennis Krohn, Karen L M Morgan, Nathaniel Plant

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment: Batteries, Laptop, and Prosilica Digital Still Camera (first time usage). Aircraft owner is going to remove the tinting from windows used during image capture because it has started to break down and shows some crazing that would interfere with the photography.

Location:

Coastal North Carolina to Florida

Boundaries
North: 36.57706095 South: 26.21253003 West: -82.9631 East: -74.23947181

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Global Positioning System (GPS) --- Navigation

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