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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-360-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

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Justin Birchler, Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, David Thompson

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect a topographic walking beach survey to support our Madeira Beach camera operation.

Vehicle(s): Unknown

Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

Start Date: 2019-09-18

End Date: 2019-09-18

Equipment Used: GPS Backpack, GPS Tablet, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver

Information to be Derived: Topographic elevation of beach transects

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected topographic GPS data.

Staff: Justin Birchler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Madeira Beach, Florida, United States

Boundaries
North: 27.79680754 South: 27.79041529 West: -82.79713154 East: -82.78987885

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS Backpack --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
No data was collected
GPS Tablet --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
No data was collected
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
20190918_MadeiraBeachFL_XYZ (Beach profile data collected at Madeira Beach, FL)

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