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#           Method for observing breach geomorphic evolution: Satellite observation of the Fire Island Wilderness breach      

      May 31, 2019    

Satellite derived shorelines are extracted using the Google Earth Engine API for Landsat and Sentinel satellites from 1984 through 2018. These shorelines are evaluated against existing surveys and show satellite-derived breach shorelines are in good agreement with directly-observed shorelines and capture the trend of the Fire Island wilderness breach evolution. Results of this study show the wilderness breach resulted in down drift shoreline erosion at a rate greater than the historical average within 4 km of the breach. This study demonstrates the benefits of utilizing satellite observations for monitoring the full extent of breach development and resulting shoreline changes.

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####             Timothy Nelson, Ph.D. (Former Employee)          

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August 6, 2019

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####                 Coastal Change at Fire Island              

This geonarrative features research used to predict how Fire Island beaches change in response to storms and how they may subsequently recover in the year following a storm event.

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Hurricanes

####             Timothy Nelson, Ph.D. (Former Employee)          

##### Research Oceanographer VII

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

#### Jennifer L Miselis, Ph.D.

##### Research Geologist

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

jmiselis@usgs.gov

727-502-8088

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