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Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, June 2014

February 19, 2016

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) in Florida and the USGS Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center (LMG WSC) in Montgomery, Alabama, collaborated to gather alongshore terrestrial-based lidar beach elevation data at Fire Island, New York. This high-resolution elevation dataset was collected on June 11, 2014, to characterize beach topography and document ongoing beach evolution and recovery, and is part of the ongoing beach monitoring within the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Project GS2-2B. This USGS data series includes the resulting processed elevation point data (xyz) and an interpolated digital elevation model (DEM).

Publication Year 2016
Title Terrestrial-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, June 2014
DOI 10.3133/ds980
Authors Owen T. Brenner, Cheryl J. Hapke, Kathryn G. Lee, Dustin R. Kimbrow
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Data Series
Series Number 980
Index ID ds980
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center