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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-040-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Cheryl Hapke

Affiliate Investigator(s): USGS-PWRC

Information Specialist(s): Cheryl Hapke

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect high-resolution, geo-located, oblique aerial photographs of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic coastline.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Rockland, ME

End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA

Start Date: 2009-05-18

End Date: 2009-05-22

Equipment Used: Digital camera, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived: Photos; morphology.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Conducted overflight of northeast and mid-Atlantic U.S. coast. Collected 9,755 high-resolution, geo-located, oblique aerial photographs.

Staff: Emily Himmelstoss

Affiliate Staff:
Karen Morgan
USGS-FISC
St. Petersburg
FL (equipment)

Notes:
Project = Historical Shoreline Change Atl., Historical Shoreline Change Atl.

Location:

eastern U.S. coastline from Cape Elizabeth, Maine to the Virginia/North Carolina border, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 43.63218 South: 36.5587 West: -75.8745 East: -70.20308

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital camera --- Photo
2009-040-FA-PH-001 (High-resolution geo-located oblique aerial photographs: 9,755.)
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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