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

Field Activity 2015-343-FA

Identifier 2015-343-FA
Purpose Collect coincident observations of beach topography and wave runup.
Location Madeira Beach and Sunset Beach, Florida
Summary Collected wave runup observations with video cameras and surveyed the beach profile at two locations.
Info derived Time series of wave runup; beach elevation profiles and profile change.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
Chevy Suburban Silver
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2015-11-16
End St. Petersburg, FL 2015-11-16
Bounds
West -82.8081
East -82.75255777
North 27.80796815
South 27.74034865

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Joseph W LongJennifer A Brown
Crew members
Nathaniel G Plant
Scientist, Staff
Owen T Brenner
Scientist, Staff
Karen L M Morgan
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Kara S Doran
Scientist, Staff
Joseph W Long
Scientist, Staff
Justin J Birchler
Scientist, Staff
Kathleen E Wilson
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A Brown
Scientist, Staff
Davina L Passeri
Scientist, Staff
Robert L Jenkins
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen T Brenner
Specialist, Information
Jennifer A Brown
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

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)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity