Single-Beam XYZ Point Coastal Bathymetry Data Collected in June 2014 from Fire Island, New York from the Shoreface

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, collected bathymetric data along the upper shoreface and within the wilderness breach at Fire Island, New York, in June 2014. The U.S. Geological Survey is involved in a post-Hurricane Sandy effort to map and monitor the morphologic evolution of the shoreface along Fire Island and model the evolution of the wilderness breach as a part of the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Project GS2-2B.During this study, bathymetry was collected with single-beam echo sounders and global positioning systems, mounted to personal watercraft, along the Fire Island shoreface and within the wilderness breach. Additional bathymetry was collected using backpack global positioning systems along the flood shoals and shallow channels within the wilderness breach.

美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey）佛罗里达州圣彼得斯堡海岸与海洋科学中心的科研人员，于2014年6月在纽约州火岛的岸面上部区域及该区域的荒野冲决口内采集了水深测量数据（bathymetric data）。美国地质调查局正参与桑迪飓风后的相关工作，作为《桑迪飓风补充项目GS2-2B》（Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Project GS2-2B）的组成部分，对火岛沿岸岸面的地貌演化开展测绘与监测，并对该荒野冲决口的演化过程进行模拟。
本研究中，科研人员将单波束测深仪（single-beam echo sounders）与全球定位系统（global positioning systems）搭载于个人水上交通工具，沿火岛岸面及荒野冲决口内完成了水深数据采集。此外，研究团队还借助背负式全球定位系统（backpack global positioning systems），在荒野冲决口内的洪泛浅滩与浅水道区域开展了补充水深测量。