Field Activity 12CCH05

Identifier 12CCH05
Purpose To quantify impact of Hurricane Sandy on the beach at FINS
Location Fire Island National Seashore, Long Island, NY
Summary Pre- and Post- Hurricane Sandy Along-shore and Cross-shore beach profiles.
Info derived Topographic survey points of beach.
Comments Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop Used a Polaris ATV for along-shore profiles.
Itinerary
Start Fire Island National Seashore, Long Island, NY 2012-10-29
End Fire Island National Seashore, Long Island, NY 2013-12-31
Bounds
West -73.1466
East -72.96409762
North 40.76036189
South 40.65758572
Topic 13
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Cheryl J Hapke
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation 5
Camera, Digital, Hand Held Photo (no data expected)
Choke Ring Antenna Benchmarks, Navigation (no data expected)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
12CCH05-NL-pd-1 Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Fire Island, NY pre- and post- storm cross-shore profiles Cheryl J Hapke
12CCH05-NL-pd-2 Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Fire Island, NY pre- and post-storm shoreline data Cheryl J Hapke

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Profile_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Cross-shore profile data Owen T Brenner
Shoreline_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS MHW shoreline data Owen T Brenner
Breach_Shorelines_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Breach shoreline data Owen T Brenner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity