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Information Specialist
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Crew
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Wayne Wright
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USGS
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Richard Mitchell
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USGS
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Dale Fowler
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USGS
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BJ Reynolds
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USGS
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David Thompson
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USGS
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Kara Doran
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USGS
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Katy Serafin
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USGS
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Rich MacKenzie
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University of Florida
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Purpose
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Monitor beach erosion for Kennedy Space Center
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Information to be Derived
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Beach Topography and Bathymetry
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Notes
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5/26/09 Aircraft scheduled to arrive in FL
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Pilatus PC-6 Aircraft N5308F
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USGS Providing Lidar Data to Analyze Dune Vulnerability at Cape Canaveral
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Between the backdrop of NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" and trails of
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nesting sea turtles scattered across the beach, eroding sand dunes protect
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NASA's infrastructure from storms while supporting a rich coastal habitat.
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On May 28, 2009, USGS collaborators Wayne Wright, Richard Mitchell, Dale
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Fowler, BJ Reynolds, David Thompson, Kara Doran, Katy Serafin teamed up with
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University of Florida's Rich MacKenzie to survey the dunes using
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Experimental Advanced Airborne Lidar system. The Lidar topographic and
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bathymetric data are being used to support a dune vulnerability study that
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is documenting changes in the beach due to recent storms. This information
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can help predict changes due to future storms and will be used by NASA and
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the coast in a way that balances
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the needs of the space program and the wildlife at Cape Canaveral.
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(Nathaniel G. Plant, FISC - Saint Petersburg, 727-803-8747 x3072,
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nplant@usgs.gov)
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Got Help?
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For 09ACH01, we would appreciate any information on -- analog materials, contract, days at sea, dive count, equipment used, funding, kms of navigation, national plan, NGDC Info, owner, project number, publications, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, summary, tabulated info.
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