Field Activity 2015-312-FA

Identifier 2015-312-FA
Purpose To collect nearshore bathymetry and beach profile elevation data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Location Fire Island, NY
Info derived Bathymetry data and terrestrial-based light detection and ranging (T-lidar) elevation data
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-325-FA
Projects
Platform
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
White WaveRunner, R/V Shark
Vehicles
Rental Vehicle
White Dodge Pickup - White
Itinerary
Start Fire Island, NY 2015-05-04
End Fire Island, NY 2015-05-22
Bounds
West -73.3512
East -72.8503418
North 40.7564086
South 40.59046776
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Cheryl J Hapke
Crew members
Kyle W Kelso
Scientist, Staff
Joseph J Fredericks
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen T Brenner
Specialist, Information
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information
David M Thompson
Specialist, Information
Timothy R Nelson
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data expected)
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) LIDAR 4
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation 4
Marimatech Echosounder Single Beam 5

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
20150518_FI_USGS_DEM.zip Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Interpolated digital elevation model (DEM) Owen T Brenner
20150518_FI_USGS_XYZ.zip Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Processed elevation point data Owen T Brenner
201505_Ground_Based_XYZ.zip Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Ground-based xyz point data Timothy R Nelson
201505_Shoreface_DEM.zip Marimatech Echosounder Shoreface DEM Timothy R Nelson
201505_Single_Beam_XYZ_Shoreface.zip Marimatech Echosounder Shoreface single-beam xyz point data Timothy R Nelson
201505_Single_Beam_XYZ_Wilderness_Breach.zip Marimatech Echosounder Wilderness breach single-beam xyz point data Timothy R Nelson
201505_Single_Beam_XYZ.zip Marimatech Echosounder Single-beam xyz point data Timothy R Nelson
201505_Wilderness_Breach_DEM.zip Marimatech Echosounder Wilderness breach DEM Timothy R Nelson

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Profile_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Cross-shore profile data Owen T Brenner
Shoreline_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS MHW shoreline data Owen T Brenner
Breach_Shorelines_Data Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Breach shoreline data Owen T Brenner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity