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Field Activity Details for field activity 12CCH02

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Other ID: Xstorms.h20120808

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Sedimentology (GX.17.MN00.F1F50.00), National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards(1) (MN000J7)

Principal Investigator(s): Karen L M Morgan

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Other

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Document Baseline Coastal Morphology

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Abita Springs, LA

End Port/Location: Abita Springs, LA

Start Date: 2012-08-08

End Date: 2012-08-08

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

Information to be Derived: Oblique Aerial Photos

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 1242 Images Collected

Staff: Other

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This flight was conducted by a contractor for the CCH project.

Location:

Northern Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)

Boundaries
North: 30.66101944 South: 28.74667642 West: -90.8777 East: -87.76734233

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Guy, K.K., Stockdon, H.F., Plant, N.G., Doran, K.S., Morgan, K.L.M., 2013, Hurricane Isaac: Observations and analysis of coastal change: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1270, 21 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131270.

Morgan, K.L.M., Westphal, K.A., 2014, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Dauphin Island, Alabama, to Breton Island, Louisiana, August 8, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 860, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds860.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Global Positioning System (GPS)Garmin GPSMAP 60CSxNavigation
12CCH02.csv (photopath processed navigation data)
12cch02_0808_gpsmap (raw gps navigation data)
Camera, Digital, Hand HeldCanon EOS Rebel T2iPhoto
Data series 860 photos (oblique aerial photography Baseline Dauphin to Breton Islands)
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
No data was collected

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