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, Kara Doran
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Justin Birchler
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect beach elevation transects to support our Sand Key camera operation.
Vehicle(s): POV (Private Vehicle)
Start Port/Location: Clearwater, FL
End Port/Location: Clearwater, FL
Start Date: 2021-05-19
End Date: 2021-05-19
Equipment Used: Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, GPS Tablet, GPS Backpack
Information to be Derived: Beach elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 30 cross-shore and 5 alongshore transects of beach elevation.
Staff: Justin Birchler
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: SMG-PF-800-5.
GPS Touch Tablet.
BPK1.
Hypack LIte 15683150.
duration: ~2 hours.
antenna height = 188.6cm; antenna location is over researcher's right shoulder.
Control point in north parking lot on sidewalk near short light and gravel triangle, facing building/beach/west.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-314-FA
Location:
Sand Key, Clearwater, FL, USA
Boundaries | |||
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North: 27.94317081 | South: 27.93443649 | West: -82.84202099 | East: -82.83596992 |
Platform(s):
on foot |
Birchler, J.J., Brown, J.A, Seymour, A.C., and Thompson, D.M., 2023, Beach Profile Data Collected From Sand Key Beach in Clearwater, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W60EQX.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
GPS Tablet | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | No data was collected |
GPS Backpack | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | No data was collected |