In transit to survey the shallows of Wallops Island, Virginia

Sabrina Levinson, a USGS intern on the Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux Project (St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center), pilots a survey waverunner to the shallows of Wallops Island, Virginia. Equipped with a fathometer, GPS hardware, and a survey computer, the waverunner can map the seafloor very close to the beach. Depth data collected for this field campaign will help inform hydrodynamic and physical models of Wallops Island, part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility, which includes the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

Learn more about the Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux project.