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Field Activity Details for field activity 12LGC01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Plant

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Billy Reynolds, Philip Thompson

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: GPS support and ground control for lidar survey of Chandeleur Islands.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS or Belle Chase, LA

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS or Belle Chase, LA

Start Date: 2012-01-17

End Date: 2012-01-31

Equipment Used: Choke Ring Antenna, GPS , Digital Camera

Information to be Derived: Raw GPS data on known location for differential correction. Topographic coordinates re WGS84 for ground truthing.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Billy Reynolds, Philip Thompson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
Location port undetermined. Will use rental boat from Biloxi or seaplane from Belle Chase depending on availability and weather.

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.17435033 South: 29.45917145 West: -89.1087 East: -88.17482348

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
GPS --- Navigation
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video

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