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

Field Activity 2022-307-FA

Identifier 2022-307-FA
Purpose Collect beach elevation transects to support our Sand Key camera operation.
Location Sand Key, Clearwater, FL, USA
Info derived Beach elevation
Comments SMG-PF-800-5. GPS Touch Tablet. BPK1. Hypack LIte 15683150. duration: ~2 hours. antenna height = cm; antenna location is over researchers right shoulder. Control point in north parking lot on sidewalk near short light and gravel triangle, facing building/beach/west. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-314-FA, 2021-321-FA, 2021-335-FA, 2021-342-FA, 2021-345-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2021-314-FA: Project
2021-321-FA: Project
2021-335-FA: Project
2021-342-FA: Project
2021-345-FA: Project
2023-306-FA: Project
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
POV (Private Vehicle)
Itinerary
Start Clearwater, FL 2022-02-22
End Clearwater, FL 2022-02-22
Days in the field 1
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2022-02-22 2022-02-22 Initial site visit by J. Birchler to collect transect data. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Autumn Poisson antenna height = 184 cm
2022-06-07 2022-06-07 Site visit by J. Birchler and A. Seymour to collect transect data. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Alexander Seymour. Antenna height = 167 cm.
Bounds
West -82.84202099
East -82.83596992
North 27.94317081
South 27.93443649

Personnel

Organization
1289 McDaniel Drive
Dover, DE19901
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Kara S DoranJennifer A BrownMargaret L Palmsten
Crew members
Justin J Birchler
Scientist, Staff
Autumn C Poisson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Justin J Birchler
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
GPS Tablet Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
GPS Backpack Navigation, Profiles, Transects 1

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
YYYYMMDD_SandKeyFL_XYZ GPS Backpack Processed beach profile data, in 17 zip files based on field collection date Justin J Birchler

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity