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

Field Activity 2015-348-FA

Identifier 2015-348-FA
Purpose Collect coincident observations of beach topography and wave runup.
Location Sunset Beach, Florida
Summary Collected wave runup observations with video cameras and performed a walking beach survey and surveyed the beach profile.
Info derived Time series of wave runup; beach elevation profiles and profile change.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-343-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
POV (Private Vehicle)
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2015-12-18
End St. Petersburg, FL 2015-12-19
Bounds
West -82.7647
East -82.74981119
North 27.75101427
South 27.73533479

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Joseph W LongJennifer A Brown
Crew members
Joseph W Long
Scientist, Staff
Kathleen E Wilson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen T Brenner
Specialist, Information
Joseph W Long
Specialist, Information
Jennifer A Brown
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Other
Data type: Photo, Video, Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Video Video (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Collapsible Tripod Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
GPS Pole Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity