Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown
Affiliate Investigator(s): Pat Dickhudt, USACE
Information Specialist(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Wave, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To test new Geolux oceanographic radar instrument package and validate data with nearby long-term monitoring observations.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2022-08-18
End Date: 2025-12-31
Equipment Used: USGS Oceanographic Radar
Information to be Derived: Water level, waves
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Bryce McClenney
USGS SAWSC
Notes:
Location:
USACE Field Research Facility
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.18435717 | South: 36.18158222 | West: -75.75158596 | East: -75.7440805 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Brown, J.A., McClenney, B., Dickhudt, P., 2026, Measuring Storm Waves and Water Levels from a Fixed Structure with a Rapidly Deployable Oceanographic Radar: In: Coelho, C., Hallin, C., Sancho, F., Silva, P.A. (Eds.), Coastal Dynamics 2025. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 696–702 doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-15473-6_106.
Brown, J.A., McClenney, B.J., Suttles, S.E., 2026, Oceanographic Radar Time Series Measurements Collected at Duck, North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1NLPWRP.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| USGS Oceanographic Radar | --- | Wave Tide | FRFxXXX_YYYY (An oceanographic radar sensor was deployed during year YYYY (2022, 2023, or 2024) at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Field Research Facility (FRF) in Duck, North Carolina, at the end of the FRF research pier. The location in local FRF cross-shore (x) and alongshore (y) coordinates are x = XXX meters (200, 300, or 600) and y = 524 meters. This dataset provides 1) 5 hertz (Hz) time series data of distance measurements (in meters), relative to the radar sensor, and associated water level elevations (in meters), referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), and 2) hourly mean water level elevations (in meters), referenced to NAVD88, and wave parameters.) |
