Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards - NACCH (GX.21.MN00.F4J20.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Joseph Long
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Profiles
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect beach profile data. Collect ground control point (GCP) GPS data for "madbeach" video coastal monitoring station (2016-363-DD).
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL
End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL
Start Date: 2017-09-14
End Date: 2017-09-19
Equipment Used: GPS Pole, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS
Information to be Derived: Beach profile elevations. Ground control points.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected beach profile elevation data. Collected ground control points for "madbeach" camera.
Staff: Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, David Thompson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-353-FA
Location:
Madeira Beach, FL
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.799824 | South: 27.790777 | West: -82.802299 | East: -82.787677 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Brown, J.A., Thompson, D.M., Long, J.W., 2018, Beach profile data collected from Madeira Beach, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43S94.
Brown, J.A., Thompson, D.M., Long, J.W., 2020, Beach profile data collected from Madeira Beach, Florida (Version 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43S94.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 20170914_MadeiraBeachFL_XYZ (Beach profile data collected at Madeira Beach, FL, on 9/14/17.) |
