Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Funding (Miselis) (GX.13.MN00.GGH02.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis
Affiliate Investigator(s): Erika Lentz: USGS-Woods Hole
Information Specialist(s): Owen Brenner
Data Type(s): 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: 2017-01-24
End Date: 2017-01-27
Equipment Used: F190 DGPS/IMU, Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, GPS Pole
Information to be Derived: Beach Elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successfully collected D-GPS positional data (xyz) at 15 cross-shore beach profile locations, 4 alongshore beach transects, and east and west Fire Island Breach shorelines. Set up base station at Robins Rest to post-process data. Utilized Jake's IMU.
Staff: Owen Brenner, Kathleen Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Funding Account: GXMN00GGH0200
Location:
Fire Island, NY
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.73932344 | South: 40.61537598 | West: -73.34472671 | East: -72.85692749 |
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| F190 DGPS/IMU | used IMU on 2m GPS pole/wheel and on POlaris mounted GPS pole. | Navigation | |
| Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver | collected 15 cross shore profiles, 2 breach shorelines and 4 alongshore elevation transects | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| GPS Pole | Collected elevation data along 15 cross shore beach profiles(wheel&pole), 4 alongshore beach transits(polaris mounted pole), and 2 Wilderness Breach shorelines(wheel&pole). Used IMU for all surveys | Navigation Profiles Transects |
