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Resource Abstract:
- description: The Cape Canaveral Coastal System (CCCS) is a prominent feature along the Southeast U.S. coastline and is the
only large cape south of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Most of the CCCS lies within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
and included in its boundaries are the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), NASA s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), and a
large portion of Canaveral National Seashore. The actual promontory of the modern cape falls within the jurisdictional boundaries
of the CCAFS. These various agencies have ongoing concerns related to erosion hazards and vulnerability of the system including
critical infrastructure, habitats, and recreational and cultural resources. The USGS conducted a bathymetric mapping survey
August 18-20, 2014, in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Cape Canaveral, Florida (USGS Field Activity Number 2014-324-FA). The
study area covered an area extending south from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the northern end of the KSC property and from
the shoreline to about 2.5 km offshore. Bathymetric data were collected with single-beam sonar- and lidar-based systems. Two
jet skis and a 17-ft outboard motor boat equipped with the USGS SANDS hydrographic system collected precision sonar data.
The sonar operations were conducted in three missions, one on each day, with the boat and jet skis operating concurrently.
The USGS airborne EAARL-B mapping system flown in a twin engine plane was used to collect lidar data. The lidar operations
were conducted in three missions, one in the afternoon of August 19, 2015, and two more in the morning and afternoon of August
20, 2014. The missions were synchronized such that there was some temporal and spatial overlap between the sonar and lidar
operations. Additional data were collected to evaluate the actual water clarity corresponding to lidar's ability to receive
bathymetric returns. This dataset serves as an archive of processed single-beam and lidar bathymetry data collected at Cape
Canaveral, Florida, in 2014 (in XYZ comma delimited, ASCII and shapefile format). Also included in this archive are Geographic
Information System (GIS) data products: gridded map data (in ESRI binary and ASCII grid format), and a color-coded bathymetry
map (in PDF format).; abstract: The Cape Canaveral Coastal System (CCCS) is a prominent feature along the Southeast U.S. coastline
and is the only large cape south of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Most of the CCCS lies within the Merritt Island National Wildlife
Refuge and included in its boundaries are the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), NASA s Kennedy Space Center (KSC),
and a large portion of Canaveral National Seashore. The actual promontory of the modern cape falls within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the CCAFS. These various agencies have ongoing concerns related to erosion hazards and vulnerability of the
system including critical infrastructure, habitats, and recreational and cultural resources. The USGS conducted a bathymetric
mapping survey August 18-20, 2014, in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Cape Canaveral, Florida (USGS Field Activity Number 2014-324-FA).
The study area covered an area extending south from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the northern end of the KSC property and from
the shoreline to about 2.5 km offshore. Bathymetric data were collected with single-beam sonar- and lidar-based systems. Two
jet skis and a 17-ft outboard motor boat equipped with the USGS SANDS hydrographic system collected precision sonar data.
The sonar operations were conducted in three missions, one on each day, with the boat and jet skis operating concurrently.
The USGS airborne EAARL-B mapping system flown in a twin engine plane was used to collect lidar data. The lidar operations
were conducted in three missions, one in the afternoon of August 19, 2015, and two more in the morning and afternoon of August
20, 2014. The missions were synchronized such that there was some temporal and spatial overlap between the sonar and lidar
operations. Additional data were collected to evaluate the actual water clarity corresponding to lidar's ability to receive
bathymetric returns. This dataset serves as an archive of processed single-beam and lidar bathymetry data collected at Cape
Canaveral, Florida, in 2014 (in XYZ comma delimited, ASCII and shapefile format). Also included in this archive are Geographic
Information System (GIS) data products: gridded map data (in ESRI binary and ASCII grid format), and a color-coded bathymetry
map (in PDF format).
Citation
- Title Lidar Bathymetry Data of Cape Canaveral, Florida, (2014) in XYZ ASCII text file format.
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- creation Date
2018-05-20T01:52:40.936987
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- URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0957/downloads/Lidar/
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- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds957
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- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151180
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Metadata data stamp:
2018-08-06T23:00:38Z
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on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T23:00:38Z
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2007
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