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Data Series 931


Hurricane Sandy Shoreline Response and Recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline and Beach Profile Data, October 2012 to October 2014

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Index
Abstract
Introduction
Survey Overview
Data Processing
Error Analysis
Data Downloads
Abbreviations
References
Acknowledgments
 

Abbreviations

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
cm centimeter
CORS96 Continuously Operating Reference Station 1996
DGPS differential global positioning system
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
DSAS Digital Shoreline Analysis System
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
FICG Fire Island Coast Guard Station
FIIS Fire Island National Seashore
GIS geographic information system
GPS global positioning system
HTDP Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
km kilometer
m meter
MB megabyte
MHW mean high water
NAD 83 North American Datum of 1983
NAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NPS National Park Service
OPUS Online Positioning User Service
REST Robbins Rest
RMSE root mean square error
USGS U.S. Geological Survey

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