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

Field Activity 10LTS03

Identifier 10LTS03
Alternate names Louisiana barrier island sand berm survey
Purpose Obtain high-resolution topographic data.
Location Dauphin Island, AL Chandeleur Islands, LA and Oil Spill Sand Berm
Summary Unable to collect color-infrared imagery during flight.
Info derived Sub-aerial topography, geo-reference digital camera imagery.
Comments Unable to collect color-infrared imagery during flight.
Platform
Goby
Itinerary
Start Stennis Airport, MS 2010-07-24
End Stennis Airport, MS 2010-07-24
Bounds
West -89.6456
East -87.49555004
North 30.53427105
South 29.9014543
Topic 52
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators C Wayne WrightNayegandhi, AmarSallenger, AbbyBrock, John
Crew members
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nayegandhi, Amar
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, LIDAR, Navigation, Other Imagery

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 19
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
10LTS03_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20100724 in Alabama Kara S Doran
BONNIE2010_Dauphin_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography for Dauphin Island, AL. Christine Kranenburg
BONNIE2010_Dauphin_EAARLA_FS_n88g96.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first-surface topography for Dauphin Island, AL. Christine Kranenburg

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Initial_Model_Baseline Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial baseline bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBeachWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low beach width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBeachWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high beach width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBerm Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high berm bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBerm Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low berm bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighDuneHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high dune height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LandwardDune Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial landward positioned dune bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_ShorewardDune Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial shoreward positioned dune bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowDuneWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low dune width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighDuneWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high dune width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowIslandCentroidHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low island centroid height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighIslandCentroidHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high island centroid height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBeachSlope Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low beach slope bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBeachSlope Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high beach slope bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity