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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-700-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: 20160415_Shoalwater

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, National Park Service

Funding Program(s): Elwha River Restoration Project (NPS) ()

Principal Investigator(s): Andrew Ritchie

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jonathan Warrick, USGS; Amy East, USGS; Andrew Stevens, USGS; Josh Logan, USGS

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Ritchie

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect aerial imagery to document coastal processes - experimental flight to test Elwha PlaneCam on Columbia River work that USGS was performing. Additional funding from USGS, not sure the funding source

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2016-04-15

End Date: 2016-04-15

Equipment Used: Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft

Information to be Derived: Per flight: orthoimagery and elevation models (approximately 10cm resolution), recording sediment, wood, water, and vegetation.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: collected 3378 primarily near-nadir images.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-688-FA.

Location:

Shoalwater, WA, Washington Coast, Columbia Drift Cell

Boundaries
North: 46.98025236 South: 46.27673288 West: -124.23339844 East: -123.92852783

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft --- Photo

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