Overview Field Activity Collections System (FACS) Log

Topic
Information
USGS FAN number
11CCH02
Other ID (if any)
XSTORMS.h20110609
Organization(s)/Program
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Project/theme
Extreme Storm Coastal Change Hazards
Area of Operation
Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, and the berm constructed adjacent to the islands, continuing on to Breton Island, Louisiana, to the south.  Also including Dauphin Island, Alabama, Petit Bois, Ship, Horn and Cat islands, Mississippi.
Principal investigator(s)
K.L.M. Morgan, and A. Sallenger
Information specialist(s)
K. Guy
Activity type
Oblique Aerial Photographic Survey
Scientific purpose/goals
Aerial survey to document and collect baseline data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area, which can be used to understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms.
Platform
BE90 King Air aircraft, N155LS
Starting date
June 9, 2011
Starting port/location
St. Petersburg, Florida
Ending date
June 9, 2011
Ending port/location
St. Petersburg, Florida
Equipment used
Nikon D1X camera, with zoom lens set to 50mm, Panasonic Toughbook computers (CF-51), Two Optima Bluetop Batteries (D34M), and Garmin GPS 18 PC.
Information to be derived 
Analysis of coastal change due to extreme storms
Summary of activity and data gathered
1093 oblique digital images.
Notes (include staff, shop time etc)
June 9, 2011
  Departed St Petersburg, Florida, at approximately 12:00 GMT (8:00 EDT) and flew to Stennis International Airport, in Kiln , Mississippi.  

  We met Christina Melton and Rex Fortenberry from PBS Station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at Stennis International Airport.  Once we were set up and Melton and Fortenberry briefed, we departed Stennis and headed for the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana. We made one pass of the islands, continuing down to Breton Island, then returned to the north end of the Chandeleur Islands and made a second pass, ending at the southern extent of the Chandeleur Islands.  We then flew to the eastern end of Dauphin Island, Alabama, and surveyed westward, including a set of profiles at the Katrina Breach on Dauphin Island.  We ended the survey at Cat Island, Mississippi, and returned to Stennis.  

  Melton and Fortenberry deplaned at Stennis, and after refueling we headed back to St Petersburg.  We arrived in St Petersburg at approximately 8:30 GMT (4:30 EDT).

  We took 1093 photographs with the Nikon D1X camera  


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