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 | |||
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North: 27.80082112 | South: 27.79287163 | West: -82.80246245 | East: -82.79260304 |
Platform(s):
on foot |
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.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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 |