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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-316-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): C Wayne Wright

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Emily Klipp, Rodolfo Troche

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain topographic and bathymetric elevation data using the EAARL-B instrument for a post-Hurricane Sandy survey.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Salisbury, MD

End Port/Location: Salisbury, MD

Start Date: 2014-06-17

End Date: 2014-07-01

Equipment Used: Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera, Infrared Digital Camera, Global Positioning System (GPS), Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL)

Information to be Derived: Topographic and bathymetric elevation data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Topographic and bathymetric elevation data

Staff: Other

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Chris Pali and Virgil Rabine are the pilots flying the survey and Richard Mitchell will provide ground support. A GPS base station was used.

Location:

Fie Island, NY

Boundaries
North: 40.79078671 South: 40.60600304 West: -73.3324 East: -72.74884372

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Red Green Blue (RGB) Digital Camera --- Other Imagery
Infrared Digital Camera --- Other Imagery
Global Positioning System (GPS) --- Navigation
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) --- LIDAR

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