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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-320-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): Joseph Long

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ann Marie Lauritsen - USFWS

Information Specialist(s): David Thompson

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The goal of this project is to assess sea turtle nesting response on different template designs for nourished beaches and how these differ from a "natural beach".

Vehicle(s): Unknown

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2018-05-07

End Date: 2018-09-17

Equipment Used: SP80 GNSS Receiver, Collapsible Tripod, GPS Pole, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation profiles and sea turtle nesting locations.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GPS Elevations

Staff: Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Joseph Long, Rangley Mickey, David Thompson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Platform: Honda SxS 700-4 UTV
Vehicle: Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)

This FAN covers multiple surveys for the same project. On the first week of each month, surveys will be conducted on one day in Pinellas County and on the second week of each month, for two days in Brevard County.

Location:

Pinellas and Brevard Counties, FL

Boundaries
North: 28.4827678 South: 27.70376681 West: -82.96935831 East: -80.16174113

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SP80 GNSS ReceiverData has been grouped with and is available on other GPS receiver equipmentBenchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
No data was collected
GPS Pole --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
No data was collected
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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