Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 7, 2016

• Main Author: Karen L.M. Morgan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; National Assessment for Coastal Change Hazards; photographs; coastline; beach erosion; coastal aerial photography; baseline survey; oblique aerial survey; environment; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; structure; oceans; marine geology; geomorphology; image collections; photography; erosion; coastal processes; Chandeleur Islands; Louisiana; Alabama; Mississippi; Dauphin Island; Petit Bois Island; Horn Island; Ship Island; Cat Island; Pelican Island; Breton Island; Curlew Islands; Grand Gosier Islands; Barrier Islands; Bois Island
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/2fe1a909-63c6-4512-89c0-b752fc63cecd

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts baseline and storm-response photography missions to document and understand the changes in the vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms. On September 7, 2016, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, aboard a Maule MT57 aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore. This mission was conducted to collect data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area since the last survey, which was flown in September 2016 (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-335-FA) (Morgan, 2016, [https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds1008]), and the data can be used as a baseline to assess future coastal change. The photographs provided are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. The photograph locations are an estimate of the aircraft's position and do not indicate the location of the features in the images. These photographs document the configuration of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey. ExifTool (version 4.0) was used to add the following to the header of each photograph: time of collection, GPS latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Photographs can be opened with any JPEG-compatible image viewer by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet. All image times are recorded in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).