Post-Hurricane Sandy coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Cape Lookout, North Carolina, to Montauk, New York, November 4-6, 2012
Morgan KL and Krohn MD. 2014. Post-Hurricane Sandy coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Cape Lookout, North Carolina, to Montauk, New York, November 4-6, 2012. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Series. 858. U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts baseline and storm response photography missions to document and understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms. On November 4-6, 2012, approximately one week after the landfall of Hurricane Sandy, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Cape Lookout, N.C., to Montauk, N.Y., aboard a Piper Navajo Chieftain (aircraft) at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,000 ft offshore. This mission was flown to collect post-Hurricane Sandy data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area since the last survey in 2009. The data can be used in the assessment of future coastal change.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Morgan, Karen; Krohn, M.
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- CALO , FIIS
- Keywords
- Barrier Islands, baseline, Beach, coastal change, Coastline, Nearshore, storm response photography, vulnerability