Ground-Based XYZ Point Elevation Data Collected in May 2015 From Fire Island, New York

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, conducted a bathymetric survey of Fire Island, New York, from May 6 to 20, 2015. The U.S. Geological Survey is involved in a post-Hurricane Sandy effort to map and monitor the morphologic evolution of the wilderness breach as a part of the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Project GS2-2B. During this study, bathymetry data were collected with single-beam echosounders and Global Positioning Systems, which were mounted to personal watercraft, along the Fire Island shoreface and within the wilderness breach. Additional bathymetry and elevation data were collected using backpack Global Positioning Systems on flood shoals and in 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2015年5月6日至20日对纽约州火岛（Fire Island）开展了水深测量（bathymetric survey）作业。作为飓风桑迪（Hurricane Sandy）补充项目GS2-2B的组成部分，美国地质调查局正推进飓风桑迪灾后的绘图与监测工作，以追踪该荒野溃口（wilderness breach）的地貌演化（morphologic evolution）过程。本次研究中，研究人员将单波束测深仪（single-beam echosounders）与全球定位系统（Global Positioning Systems）搭载于个人水上摩托，沿火岛近岸带及该荒野溃口内部采集水深测量数据。此外，研究人员还借助背负式全球定位系统，在荒野溃口内的漫滩（flood shoals）与浅水道区域采集了补充水深与高程数据。