Field Activity 08ACH03

Identifier 08ACH03
Alternate names h20080623_earl
Purpose Measure changes in barrier islands since Hurricane Katrina
Location Chandeleur Islands, LA, Santa Rosa Island, FL, and Dauphin Island, AL
Info derived LIDAR derived topography and bathymetry
Platform
Airplane
Itinerary
Start Stennis International Airport, Bay St. Louis, MS 2008-06-23
End Stennis International Airport, Bay St. Louis, MS 2008-06-30
Bounds
West -89.2845
East -87.10914931
North 30.65333719
South 29.61671158
Topic 2

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Hilary F StockdonSallenger, Abby
Crew members
Howd, Peter
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Howd, Peter
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Other Imagery, Photo, LIDAR, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera Other Imagery (no data reported)
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 23
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
08ACH03_first_return.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first-return elevation data for the Chandeleur Islands, LA, Dauphin Island, AL, Santa Rosa Island, FL, and Bon Secour, AL. Joseph W Long
08ACH03_last_return.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived last-return elevation data for the Chandeleur Islands, LA, Dauphin Island, AL, Santa Rosa Island, FL, and Bon Secour, AL. Joseph W Long
08ACH03_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20080624-20080626 in Alabama and Florida Kara S Doran

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Initial_Model_Baseline Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial baseline bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBeachWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low beach width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBeachWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high beach width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBerm Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high berm bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBerm Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low berm bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighDuneHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high dune height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LandwardDune Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial landward positioned dune bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_ShorewardDune Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial shoreward positioned dune bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowDuneWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low dune width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighDuneWidth Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high dune width bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowIslandCentroidHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low island centroid height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighIslandCentroidHeight Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high island centroid height bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_LowBeachSlope Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial low beach slope bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Initial_Model_HighBeachSlope Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) NetCDF file containing the following variables: coordinates of the model grid (Easting and Northing); the initial high beach slope bathymetry/topography (z) model profile Rangley C Mickey
Lidar_Shorelines_1998_2014 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Polyline shapefiles of Mean High Water (MHW) shorelines extracted from lidar elevation data from 1998–2014 Rachel E Henderson
Aerial_Shorelines_1940_2015 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Polyline shapefiles of Wet Dry Line (WDL) shoreline delineated from historical aerial imagery from 1940–2015 Rachel E Henderson
Transects_OpenOcean Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Polyline shapefiles of DSAS generated shore normal transects for the open-ocean shoreline of Dauphin Island, with associated rates of change for three shoreline analyses: Lidar shoreline change (1998–2014), Aerial shoreline change (1940–2015), and combined Lidar and Aerial shoreline change (1940–2015) Rachel E Henderson
Transects_BackBarrier Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Polyline shapefiles of DSAS generated shore normal transects for the back-barrier shoreline of Dauphin Island, with associated rates of change for three shoreline analyses: Lidar shoreline change (1998–2014), Aerial shoreline change (1940–2015), and combined Lidar and Aerial shoreline change (1940–2015) Rachel E Henderson
Baseline_OpenOcean Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Open-ocean offshore baseline for generating shore-normal transects in DSAS Rachel E Henderson
Baseline_BackBarrier Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Back-barrier offshore baseline for generating shore-normal transects in DSAS Rachel E Henderson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity