Field Activity 03LTS01

Identifier 03LTS01
Alternate names HR_ISABEL
Purpose to collect lidar data for the impact zone of Hurricane Isabel
Location North Carolina and Virginia
Projects
Platform
Airplane
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2003-09-16
End (port not specified) 2003-09-21
Bounds
West -78.9223
East -75.375464
North 39.061986
South 33.589925

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Brock, John
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: LIDAR

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 10

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
03LTS01-LI-pd-11 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) North Carolina Raw Beach Slopes Kara S Doran
03LTS01-LI-pd-12 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) North Carolina Mean Beach Slopes Kara S Doran
03LTS01_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20030916-20030921 Pre and Post-Isabel in North Carolina Kara S Doran
CAHA2003_PostIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.xyz Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected post-Hurricane Isabel. Alexandra M Fredericks
CAHA2003_PreIsabel_EAARLA_BE_n88g96.xyz Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography XYZ dataset for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, collected pre-Hurricane Isabel. Alexandra M Fredericks

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
NC_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
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
NC_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
SE_erosion_hazards Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Probabilities of hurricane-induced erosion (collision, inundation and overwash) for each 1-km section of the Southeast Atlantic coast for category 1-5 hurricanes Kara S Doran

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity