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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-365-FA

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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, Joseph Long

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Perform beach topographic survey; collect camera calibration data to allow for the utilization of a Surfline camera for scientific measurements.

Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver

Start Port/Location: Miami Beach, Florida

End Port/Location: Miami Beach, Florida

Start Date: 2017-12-04

End Date: 2017-12-05

Equipment Used: GPS Pole, Digital Camera, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS

Information to be Derived: Beach profiles; camera calibration data.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surveyed the beach topography; surveyed the camera position and ground control points for calibrating the camera.

Staff: Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Joseph Long

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Miami Beach, Florida

Boundaries
North: 25.827937 South: 25.805131 West: -80.124879 East: -80.11255

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS Pole --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
No data was collected
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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