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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-335-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, Kara Doran

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Justin Birchler

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

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: 2021-07-28

End Date: 2021-07-28

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: Alexander Seymour, Justin Birchler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: SMG-PF-800-5. GPS Touch Tablet. BPK1. Hypack LIte 15683150. duration: ~2 hours. antenna height = 184cm; antenna location is over researchers 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, 2021-321-FA.

Location:

Sand Key, Clearwater, FL, USA

Boundaries
North: 27.94317081 South: 27.93443649 West: -82.84202099 East: -82.83596992

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
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

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