National Park Service

Description

This is NOT a request for applications; this is an announcement that an award has already been designated for Stony Brook for their work on, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, data collection and analysis efforts of the new breach; specifically monitoring bathymetry within the breach, breach stability, aerial photograph analysis of breach position, and water levels in Great South Bay. To that end, the cooperator will: • Conduct at least 5 bathymetric surveys between June 2013 and natural or mechanical breach closure. The future status of the breach is unknown, but if the breach does not close naturally it may be closed artificially in late summer or fall 2013. • Continue with oblique aerial photographic assessment of the breach with monthly overflights until breach closure. • Carry out velocity measurements using a boat-mounted RDI Sentinel ADCP. It is proposed to do at least two surveys of the currents in the breach across several sections for a complete tidal cycle in order to determine the tidal prism served by the breach. • Reevaluate potential breach stability analyses including additional data to enhance any assessment. • Continue analysis and interpretation of Bay water levels during the lifetime of the breach and then continue water level assessments following breach closure for a period of 8 months. • Provide written progress reports describing the findings of each bathymetric survey, analysis of water levels, and stability analyses. • Provide aerial photographs of the breach, approximately monthly until breach closure or to 30 June 2014. • Provide a final technical report that has been peer-reviewed and published in the National Park Service technical report series. The technical report is intended to synthesize existing reports as well as interpret any new data. It is expected to include discussion of winter storm influences, astronomical tides, wind conditions, and other influences on the breach configuration and on Bay water levels as well as a discussion of inlet stability.

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Contact

Keith Zotti <br/>Partnership Program Specialist <br/>Phone 2155979153
keith_zotti@nps.gov