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Field Activity Details for field activity 11LGC01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Mark Erik Hansen, Amar Nayegandhi, Abby Sallenger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Kyle Kelso, Amar Nayegandhi, William Pfeiffer

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Barrier island topography and bathymetry.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: New Orleans, LA

End Port/Location: New Orleans, LA

Start Date: 2011-05-27

End Date: 2011-05-30

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Camera, Digital, Hand Held, Choke Ring Antenna

Information to be Derived: Bare Earth, vegetation, water elevation.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: XYZ point data.

Staff: Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
Additional, smaller-scaled barrier island (land surveys) may be required in order to collect topographic data/details. Where applicable, this data will be collected on foot.

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.17962655 South: 29.51229342 West: -89.1197 East: -88.42750902

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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