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 2022-307-FA.
Initial site visit by USGS staff to collect transect data.
Sand Key walking survey January 27, 2023. Collecting cross- and along-shore elevation transects. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Sharifa Karwandyar. Antenna height = 175 cm.
2023-07-21
2023-07-21
Sand Key walking survey July 21, 2023. Collecting cross- and along-shore elevation transects. Personnel: *Justin Birchler and Michael Itzkin. Antenna height = 173 cm.
Pre-storm Hurricane Idalia (landfall Big Bend August 30, 2023)
2023-09-08
2023-09-08
Sand Key walking survey September 8, 2023. Collecting cross- and along-shore elevation transects. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Michael Itzkin. Antenna height = 178 cm.
Post-storm Hurricane Idalia (landfall Big Bend August 30, 2023)
2023-09-11
2023-09-11
Sand Key walking survey September 11, 2023 (completion of survey from 2023-09-08 that was halted due to weather). Collecting cross- and along-shore elevation transects. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Michael Itzkin. Antenna height = 178 cm. Post-storm Hurricane Idalia (landfall Big Bend August 30, 2023)
2023-12-19
2023-12-19
Sand Key walking survey December 19, 2023. Collecting cross- and along-shore elevation transects. Personnel: Justin Birchler and Alex Seymour. Antenna height = xxx cm. Completion of Pinellas County Emergency Beach Erosion Control Project along southern portion of our study area.
