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Field Activity Details for field activity 11LTS02

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Athena Clark

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Dana Wiese

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seamless integration of Swath and high-resolution topographic Lidar data.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi,MS

Start Date: 2011-07-10

End Date: 2011-07-19

Equipment Used: Choke Ring Antenna, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Interferometric Bathymetry System, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU, Valeport SVP

Information to be Derived: Swath bathymetry and land-based topography.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment: Batteries, Laptop, OPTECH ILRIS HD Laser, Hysweep, POS-PAC.

Location:

Biloxi, MS, Deer Island, MS and Chandeleur Islands Berm

Boundaries
North: 30.49568936 South: 29.40022495 West: -89.1636 East: -87.10914965

Platform(s):

photo of Survey Cat (Class 3)
Survey Cat (Class 3)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Interferometric Bathymetry System --- Interferometric
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) --- LIDAR
Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
Valeport SVP --- Sound Velocity

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