Revision History for DS 931

Rachel Hehre Henderson, Cheryl J. Hapke, Owen T. Brenner, and B.J. Reynolds

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

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Posted online April 30, 2015

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Revised and reposted September 27, 2016, version 1.1

The following changes were made:

  1. The author’s name was changed to Rachel E. Henderson (Hehre).

  2. Minor word changes were made in the first paragraph of the Abstract.

  3. The heading Survey Details was changed to Data Processing. Sentences were reworded in the Profile 
Translation paragraph to clarify the processing steps, and figure 7 was added to illustrate more fully what 
the text is describing:

     Figure 7. A, Reference profile in relation to field collected data, baseline, transects and shore parallel
     shoreline features. B, Translation of distance measurement to all field collected data.

  4. Cross-shore profile data, which are linked from the Data Downloads page, were updated to include 
XY positional data as .csv and .xlxs files. Metadata were updated to reflect the change.

  5. A new attribute, “DAS Vert Uncert,” was added to the attribute tables in the cross-shore profile data. 
DAS Vert Uncert is the vertical uncertainty applied to the elevation data when profiles from different dates 
are compared using the distance along shore values (such as how the profile data are displayed at the 
Fire Island Coastal Change Web site 
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/fire-island/research/sandy/beach-profiles.html). This change is included 
in the downloadable .csv and .xlxs files and is described fully in the metadata as well as on the 
Error Analysis page under Profile Uncertainty.