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

Field Activity 2014-303-FA

Identifier 2014-303-FA
Purpose To collect nearshore bathymetry and sub-surface geology data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Location Fire Island, NY
Summary Collected nearshore single-beam bathymetry, 106 sub-bottom profiles, and 15 cross shore elevation profiles.
Info derived Bathymetry, geophysical data
Comments USACE will provide equipment and collect seismic data.
Projects
Platform
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
White WaveRunner, R/V Shark
USACE LARC-5
The LARC-5 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) is an Army amphibious vehicle that is used to deploy instruments, support diving activities, collect data, and tow a variety of sensor and survey "sleds". The LARC-5 survey vehicle is 10.6 m (35 ft) long, 3 m (10.2 ft) wide and 3.3 m (11 ft) tall. It has a maximum land speed of 40 kph (25 mph) and approximately 11 kph in water, with a typical survey speed of 7 kph.
Vehicles
Excursion - White
Rental Vehicle
Itinerary
Start Fire Island, NY 2014-06-09
End Fire Island, NY 2014-07-12
Bounds
West -73.7138
East -72.59765625
North 40.88527529
South 40.47356668
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(USACE)
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Cheryl J Hapke
Crew members
(not identified)
Scientist, Staff
Owen T Brenner
Scientist, Staff
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Cheryl J Hapke
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer L Miselis
Scientist, Staff
Mark Erik Hansen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen T Brenner
Specialist, Information
Arnell S Forde
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Profiles, Transects, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 Single Beam (no data reported)
Choke Ring Antenna Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
GPS Pole Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data expected)
Collapsible Tripod Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data expected)
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data expected)
Generic - Echosounder Single Beam 6
GPS Navigation 4
Chirp 512i Sub Bottom Profiler 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
201406_Ground_Based_XYZ.zip Generic - Echosounder Ground-based XYZ point data Timothy R Nelson
201406_Shoreface_DEM.zip Generic - Echosounder Shoreface DEM, 50-m cell size. Timothy R Nelson
201406_Single_Beam_XYZ_Shoreface.zip Generic - Echosounder Shoreface single-beam XYZ point data Timothy R Nelson
201406_Single_Beam_XYZ_Wilderness_Breach.zip Generic - Echosounder Wilderness breach single-beam XYZ point data Timothy R Nelson
201406_Single_Beam_XYZ.zip Generic - Echosounder Single-beam XYZ point data Timothy R Nelson
201406_Wilderness_Breach_DEM.zip Generic - Echosounder Wilderness breach DEM, 25-m cell size. Timothy R Nelson
2014-303-FA_nav GPS Navigation data for the entire survey, 1000-shot-interval locations, start of line locations, and data dictionary Arnell S Forde
2014-303-FA_gis Chirp 512i Sub-bottom profile data geospatial files and data dictionary Arnell S Forde
2014-303-FA_segy Chirp 512i Digital chirp sub-bottom trace data Arnell S Forde
2014-303-FA_seisimag Chirp 512i Processed sub-bottom profile images Arnell S Forde

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Profile_Data GPS Cross-shore profile data Owen T Brenner
Shoreline_Data GPS MHW shoreline data Owen T Brenner
Breach_Shorelines_Data GPS Breach shoreline data Owen T Brenner

Publications

Brenner, O.T.; Henderson, R.E.; Hapke, C.J.; Reynolds, B.J., 2018, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New York—Shoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data, October 2012 to October 2017: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ANYQ8G.

Forde, A.S.; Miselis, J.L.; Buster, N.A., 2024, Chirp Sub-Bottom Profile Geophysical Data Collected in 2014 From Fire Island, New York: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P13TMXXY.

Hapke, C.J.; Nelson, T.R.; Henderson, R.E.; Brenner, O.T.; Miselis, J.L., 2017, Morphologic evolution of the wilderness area breach at Fire Island, New York, 2012-15: , 24, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171116.

Henderson, R.E.; Hapke, C.J.; Brenner, O.T.; Reynolds, B.J., 2017, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data: October 2012 to June 2016: , https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G15Z17.

Nelson, T.R.; Miselis, J.L.; Hapke, C.J.; Wilson, K.E.; Henderson, R.E.; Brenner, O.T.; Reynolds, B.J.; Hansen, M.E., 2016, Coastal bathymetry data collected in June 2014 from Fire Island, New York- the wilderness breach and shoreface: , https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1007.

van Ormondt, M.; Nelson, T.R.; Hapke, C.J.; Roelvink, D., 2020, Morphodynamic modelling of the wilderness breach, Fire Island, New York. Part I: Model set-up and validation: Coastal Engineering 157, 103621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103621.

Wilson, K.; Lentz, E.E.; Miselis, J.L.; Safak, I.; Brenner, O.T., 2019, A Bayesian Approach to Predict Sub-Annual Beach Change and Recovery: Estuaries and Coasts 42:1, 112, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0444-1.