Field Activity 12LTS04

Identifier 12LTS04
Purpose To collect coastal elevation data along the NJ coastline after Hurricane Sandy landfall.
Location Post-Hurricane Sandy coastal NJ
Info derived topobathymetric elevation data
Projects
Platform
Airplane
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Salisbury, MD 2012-11-01
End Salisbury, MD 2012-11-05
Bounds
West -74.3307
East -73.60883062
North 40.7614756
South 39.95914063

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators C Wayne WrightBrock, John
Crew members
Rodolfo J Troche
Scientist, Staff
Emily S Klipp
Scientist, Staff
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Rodolfo J Troche
Specialist, Information
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Other Imagery, LIDAR, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 6
Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
12LTS04_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20121101-20121105 Post-Sandy in New Jersey Kara S Doran

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
NJ_Raw_slopes Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Raw, non-interpolated endpoint slope data between the location of the Mean High Water and seaward-most dune toe elevations Kara S Doran
NJ_Mean_slopes Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Mean slope data between the endpoint locations of the Mean High Water and seaward-most dune toe elevations, interpolated to a 200 m alongshore resolution using a 400 m wide Hanning window Kara S Doran
Noreasters_erosion_hazards Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Probabilities of nor'easter-induced erosion (collision, overwash and inundation) for each 1-km section of the Mid- and Northeast Atlantic coast, from North Carolina through Maine, for class 1-3 nor'easters Justin J Birchler
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity