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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-343-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards - NACCH (GX.21.MN00.F4J20.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Joseph Long

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Owen Brenner, Jennifer (Jenna) Brown

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect coincident observations of beach topography and wave runup.

Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2015-11-16

End Date: 2015-11-16

Equipment Used: Digital Video, Digital Camera, Collapsible Tripod, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS

Information to be Derived: Time series of wave runup; beach elevation profiles and profile change.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected wave runup observations with video cameras and surveyed the beach profile at two locations.

Staff: Justin Birchler, Owen Brenner, Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Kara Doran, Robert Jenkins, Joseph Long, Karen L M Morgan, Davina Passeri, Nathaniel Plant, David Thompson, Kathleen Wilson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Madeira Beach and Sunset Beach, Florida

Boundaries
North: 27.80796815 South: 27.74034865 West: -82.8081 East: -82.75255777

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital Video --- Video
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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