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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-305-FA

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Other ID: Madbeach GPS Survey

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (GX.24.MN00.U0310.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Kara Doran

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Justin Birchler

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect GPS beach elevation data in support of long-term monitoring at Madeira Beach and TWL model.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

Start Date: 2023-01-25

End Date: 2023-12-31

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

Information to be Derived: GPS elevation data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Margaret Palmsten, Joseph Terrano, Rangley Mickey, Priscila Vargas-Babilonia, Alexander Seymour, Michael Itzkin, Sharifa Karwandyar, Justin Birchler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: SMG-PF-800-5.
GPS Touch Tablet.
BPK1.
Hypack LIte 15683150.
duration: ~2 hours.
antenna height = antenna location is over researcher's right shoulder.
Control point in south parking lot used before/after survey lines. Asphalt patch in parking lot just outside main office, west side of patch facing west.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-303-FA.

Location:

Madeira Beach, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.80082112 South: 27.79287163 West: -82.80246245 East: -82.79260304

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Brown, J.A., Birchler, J.J., Thompson, D.M., Long, J.W., Seymour, A.C., 2024, Beach Profile Data Collected From Madeira Beach, Florida (ver 5.0, April 2024): 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
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
2023MMDD_MadeiraBeachFL_XYZ (Processed beach profile data, collected on month (MM) day (DD) of 2023)
GPS Tablet --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS Backpack --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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