Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Alexandra Fredericks, Nathaniel Plant
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect gps elevations in order to calibrate and groundtruth corresponding LiDAR survey.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Ocean City, MD
End Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2016-08-30
End Date: 2016-09-03
Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Collapsible Tripod, Other, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Pole
Information to be Derived: Topographic Elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Acquiring GPS data in order to groundtruth the simultaneously occuring LiDAR flight.
Staff: Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Assateague Island, VA & MD
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.34165619 | South: 37.84346588 | West: -75.43212891 | East: -75.00244141 |
Platform(s):
Fredericks, X., Plant, N.G., 2017, Coastal topographyâAssateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, post-Hurricane Hermine, 10-12 September 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NP22NH.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Collapsible Tripod | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | --- | Navigation | |
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects |
