Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s): Christopher Reich, SPCMSC
Information Specialist(s): Barry Irwin
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: LIDAR ground support
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Falmouth, MA
End Port/Location: Falmouth, MA
Start Date: 2016-10-31
End Date: 2016-11-11
Equipment Used: Digital camera, RTK, Spectra Precision SP80, Sample containers
Information to be Derived: 1) GPS ground control point data collection in support of Lidar. 2) Mapping perimeter extent of selected overwash areas identified in satellite imagery. 3) Measure overwash deposit thickness and sediment composition (sampling). 4) Description notes and photographs.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Post Hurricane Mathew ground-truth data form JALBTCX lidar survey was collected
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Barry Irwin
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: see 2016-365-FA for data from this FA.
Vehicle used - Black Suburban
Stay overs for the team will be in the local city or town as dictated by the location of the planned ground control locations.
Location:
Virginia and North Carolina coastline
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.52023523 | South: 33.51563619 | West: -79.18896484 | East: -74.90478516 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital camera | --- | Photo | |
| RTK | --- | Transects Benchmarks | |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation | |
| Sample containers | --- | Biology Geology |
