Other ID: SandKey GPS Survey
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (GX.24.MN00.U0310.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Margaret Palmsten, 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): Unknown
Start Port/Location: Clearwater, FL
End Port/Location: Clearwater, FL
Start Date: 2023-01-27
End Date: 2023-12-31
Equipment Used: GPS Backpack, GPS Tablet, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver
Information to be Derived: Beach elevation
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: 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 = cm; 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 2022-307-FA.
Location:
Sand Key, Clearwater, FL, USA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.94317081 | South: 27.93443649 | West: -82.84202099 | East: -82.83596992 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS Backpack | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| GPS Tablet | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation |
