1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 07LME02

Identifier 07LME02
Purpose Characterize the surface and groundwater hydrology in the coastal Everglades
Location Everglades National Park, FL
Summary Data collection of static GPS base station sessions for network control within the hydrologic network of 16 sites along several drainages in the coastal Everglades.
Info derived High precision (mm accuracy) horizontal and vertical positions for selected sites.
Comments Dave Wegener provided shop time and fabrication of four brackets essential to this survey. Additional equipment: 4 fabricated antenna brackets for use on hydro station housings, Chevy Silverado (GSA lease).
Platform
19-ft SeaCraft
25-ft Parker
Helicopter (SP)
Itinerary
Start Various, all within Everglades NP 2007-09-10
End Various, all within Everglades NP 2007-09-15
Bounds
West -82.4766
East -79.80690333
North 26.19816275
South 25.01443861
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
U.S. National Park Service
Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District(USACE)
, FL
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Thomas J Smith
Crew members
Thomas J Smith
Scientist, Staff
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Ginger T Range
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Anderson, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Balentine, Karen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Anderson, Gordon
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Choke Ring Antenna Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Tripod Mooring (physical oceanography), Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity