Field Activity 2016-352-FA

Identifier 2016-352-FA
Purpose On going post-Sandy beach recovery assessment
Location Fire Island, NY
Summary Data Gathered: Collected 14 cross shore beach profiles that can be viewed online at https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/fire-island/research/sandy/beach-profiles.html Collected alongshore beach elevation data that along with the profile data will be made available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0931/index.html.
Info derived Beach Elevation
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
Rental Vehicle
Itinerary
Start Fire Island, NY 2016-09-26
End Fire Island, NY 2016-09-29
Bounds
West -73.34472671
East -72.85692749
North 40.73932344
South 40.61537598

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Owen T Brenner
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen T Brenner
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Erika Lentz: USGS-Woods Hole

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation, Profiles

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
F190 DGPS/IMU included in other raw GPS dataset Navigation (no data expected)
GPS Pole Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data expected)
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation 3

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Profile_Data Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver Cross-shore profile data Owen T Brenner
Shoreline_Data Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver MHW shoreline data Owen T Brenner
Breach_Shorelines_Data Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver Breach shoreline data Owen T Brenner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity