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Field Activity Details for field activity 09LBR02

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Other ID: EAARL/2009/Trinity

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Brock, Amar Nayegandhi, C Wayne Wright

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Amar Nayegandhi

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Other Imagery

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain high-resolution stream-bed bathymetry data for the 40 mile section of Trinity River.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redding, CA

End Port/Location: Redding, CA

Start Date: 2009-04-16

End Date: 2009-04-20

Equipment Used: Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera, Digital Camera, Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera, Global Positioning System (GPS)

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry (XYZ)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 4 days of survey (5.8 mission hours) - The conducted mission made passes along the centerline of the Trinity River in both upstream and downstream directions each day. The target area was in channel bathymetry and near bank areas.

Staff: C Wayne Wright

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Trinity River, CA

Boundaries
North: 41.98104741 South: 39.9126599 West: -123.8322 East: -120.8654477

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Goby

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) --- LIDAR
Multispectral Color-infrared (CIR) Digital Camera --- Other Imagery
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera --- Other Imagery
Global Positioning System (GPS) --- Navigation

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