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Field Activity Details for field activity 09CWM02

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Other ID: SI WBPSP OFA/ 09BBT02

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ellen Raabe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ellen Raabe

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire and process thermal imagery over region of coastal seeps

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Gainesville, FL

End Port/Location: Gainesville, FL

Start Date: 2009-01-12

End Date: 2009-06-30

Equipment Used: Digital Camera

Information to be Derived: Temperature anomalies in region of coastal seeps

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Acquisition of 300,000 acres of nighttime thermal infrared imagery over coastal Levy County, Florida Gulf coast, processed and provided to State Parks as USGS OFR 2010-1120 for preserve management

Staff: Ellen Raabe

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Equipment: thermal sensor. Service provider: VeriMap

Location:

Waccasassa Bay, Levy County, FL

Boundaries
North: 29.22162424 South: 28.98323148 West: -83.1747 East: -82.702457

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Raabe, E.A., Bialkowska-Jelinska, E., 2010, Thermal imaging of the Waccasassa Bay Preserve: Image acquisition and processing: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1120, 69 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101120.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
09CWM02-OI-pd-1 (Processed nighttime thermal infrared over Levy County, Florida Gulf coast)

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