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. Survey 15 beach profiles, continuous alongshore topography, and Wilderness Breach shoreline position.
Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle
Start Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
End Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
Start Date: 2017-10-16
End Date: 2017-10-19
Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Collapsible Tripod, GPS Pole, Choke Ring Antenna
Information to be Derived: Beach Elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surveyed 15 cross shore beach profiles, west and east Wilderness Breach shorelines, and alongshore shoreface transects using AshTech Z-Extreme GPS equipment to document morphology change.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Collapsible Tripod | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | No data was collected |
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | No data was collected |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
