Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Cheryl Hapke
Affiliate Investigator(s): Erika Lentz (USGS: Woods Hole)
Information Specialist(s): Owen Brenner, Kathleen Wilson
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles
Scientific Purpose/Goals: On going post-Sandy beach recovery assessment
Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle
Start Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
End Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
Start Date: 2016-01-20
End Date: 2016-01-23
Equipment Used: GPS Pole, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Digital Camera
Information to be Derived: Beach Elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: collected 26 elevation profiles: See http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/fire-island/research/sandy/beach-profiles.html
Staff: Owen Brenner, Kathleen Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Fire Island, NY
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.70497728 | South: 40.61224853 | West: -73.3461 | East: -72.85967407 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Brenner, O.T., Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Reynolds, B.J., 2018, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New YorkâShoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data, October 2012 to October 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ANYQ8G.
Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O.T., Reynolds, B.J., 2017, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data: October 2012 to June 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G15Z17.
Wilson, K., Lentz, E.E., Miselis, J.L., Safak, I., Brenner, O.T., 2019, A Bayesian Approach to Predict Sub-Annual Beach Change and Recovery: Estuaries and Coasts, Estuaries and Coasts, v. 42 no. 1, pp. 112–131, doi: 10.1007/s12237-018-0444-1.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | No data was collected |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video |
