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

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