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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-329-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Hurricane Sandy - Impacts to and Vulnerability of Coastal Beaches (AE03FBQ)

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

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To test a mobile video camera systems for obtaining measurements of wave runup and beach topography.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Duck, NC

End Port/Location: Duck, NC

Start Date: 2016-03-28

End Date: 2016-04-07

Equipment Used: Video Camera, Collapsible Tripod, GPS Pole, Other

Information to be Derived: wave runup, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected wave runup observations with video cameras.

Staff: Jennifer (Jenna) Brown

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Duck, NC

Boundaries
North: 36.20383664 South: 35.9303591 West: -75.7974 East: -75.51449149

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Video Camera --- Video
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS Pole --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Other --- --- ---

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