Other ID: BIER - Dauphin Island
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Plant
Affiliate Investigator(s): Teresa Turner
Information Specialist(s): Joseph Long, Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To install buried pressure sensors to monitor water level elevations.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL
Start Date: 2013-06-12
End Date: 2013-06-13
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, GPS , Geodometer 640 Total Station, Tripods, Water Level Recorder
Information to be Derived: Continuous water level elevations.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Buried pressure sensors will be installed at approximately 7-8 locations and remain in place for 16 months (swapping batteries every 3 months). GPS locations of installed sensors will be collected/recorded.
Staff: Joseph Long, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Field data type: hydrodynamics (water levels and waves).
Additional Equipment Used: Laptop
Location:
Dauphin Island, AL
Boundaries | |||
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North: 30.35778431 | South: 30.18259009 | West: -88.3709 | East: -87.92747694 |
Platform(s):
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
GPS | --- | Navigation | |
Geodometer 640 Total Station | --- | Navigation | |
Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Benchmarks Navigation | |
Water Level Recorder | --- | Benchmarks |