Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Kimberly Yates
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Kimberly Yates
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: pH, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Imagery: Other Imagery, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Radon
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect ground data while NASA flies UAV's overhead collecting airborne data.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2012-10-11
End Date: 2012-10-24
Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held, Digital Camera, Global Positioning System (GPS), Multispectral Imaging System, Peristaltic Pump, pH Probe, Spectrophotometric Analytical System, Submersible Habitat for Analyzing Reef Quality (SHARQ), LI-COR Sensors
Information to be Derived: Correlation of ground data with multispectral data.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Nathan Smiley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
Location:
Sugarloaf Key, Florida Keys
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 24.7819379 | South: 24.54597062 | West: -81.5759 | East: -81.29722744 |
Platform(s):
Playmate |
Toro-Farmer, G., Muller-Karger, F.E., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Melo, N., Yates, K.K., Johns, E., Cerdeira-Estrada, S., Herwitz, S.R., 2016, Characterization of available light for seagrass and patch reef productivity in Sugarloaf Key, Lower Florida Keys: Remote Sensing, v. 8 no. 2, pp. 1–20, doi: 10.3390/rs8020086.
Turk, D., Yates, K.K., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Toro-Farmer, G., L'Esperance, C., Melo, N., Ramsewak, D., Estrada, S.C., Muller-Karger, F.E., Herwitz, S.R., McGillis, W., 2016, Community metabolism in shallow coral reef and seagrass ecosystems, lower Florida Keys: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 538, pp. 35–52, doi: 10.3354/meps11385.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera, Digital, Hand Held | --- | Photo | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | --- | Navigation | |
| Multispectral Imaging System | --- | Other Imagery | |
| Peristaltic Pump | --- | Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) | |
| pH Probe | --- | pH | |
| Spectrophotometric Analytical System | --- | pH | |
| Submersible Habitat for Analyzing Reef Quality (SHARQ) | --- | Experiments (geochemical) | |
| LI-COR Sensors | --- | Radon |
