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

Field Activity 13CCH05

Identifier 13CCH05
Alternate names BIER - Dauphin Island
Purpose To install buried pressure sensors to monitor water level elevations.
Location Dauphin Island, AL
Summary Buried pressure sensors will be installed at approximately 7-8 locations and remain in place for 16 months (swapping batteries every 3 months). GPS locations of installed sensors will be collected/recorded.
Info derived Continuous water level elevations.
Comments Field data type: hydrodynamics (water levels and waves). Additional Equipment Used: Laptop
Itinerary
Start Saint Petersburg, FL 2013-06-12
End Dauphin Island, AL 2013-06-13
Bounds
West -88.3709
East -87.92747694
North 30.35778431
South 30.18259009
Topic 13
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Nathaniel G Plant
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Joseph W Long
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information
Joseph W Long
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Teresa Turner

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Photo, Benchmarks, Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Geodometer 640 Total Station Navigation (no data reported)
Tripods Mooring (physical oceanography), Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Water Level Recorder Benchmarks (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity