Field Activity Details for field activity 10LME01

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Karen L M Morgan, Thomas Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Paul Nelson, Ginger Range

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Assessment of Coastal Mangroves after winter freeze and before possible oil contamination. Pre-storm survey of west coast beaches before hurricane season.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Albert Whitted Field, Bay Air Charters, St Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Albert Whitted Field, Bay Air Charters, St Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2010-05-19

End Date: 2010-05-20

Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held, GPS

Information to be Derived: Oblique Air Photos

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 9818 photos using 5 cameras. Cameras used. Karen: Nikon D1X, Ginger: Nikon D40X, Paul: Nikon D70 & Canon G11 (for set up pictures), Tom: Nikon Coolpix P6000.

Staff: Paul Nelson, Ginger Range

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
Staff: Pilot - Mitch Bobowski
This field activity is being conducted as part of the efforts to obtain baseline information prior to the potential oil impacts from the Deepwater Horizon incident. Weather conditions on the first day were overcast. This created some difficultly using the auto focus on the D1X. Thus a significant number of images are blurry or have a soft focus. Most images will be useable. Photos were taken out the tinted window of the aircraft and some color correction is needed. No Video was collected on this flight.

Location:

Cape Sable to Lower Suwannee River, FL

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