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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-026-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Remote Sensing Coastal Change (ZP00GJA)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ellyn Montgomery

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Post storm drone mapping and surveys.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2017-05-03

End Date: 2017-05-04

Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Spectra Precision SP80

Information to be Derived: survey elevations and photogrametry. Trying for a complete survey of the beach with the USGS drones, since we couldn't complete last week due to weather.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: too windy to set targets, and limited ability to fly, so incomplete data

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Barry Irwin, Eric Marsjanik, Ellyn Montgomery, Christopher Sherwood, Steven Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: U-030
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-014-FA

Location:

Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 41.78503467 South: 41.73478262 West: -70.4908 East: -70.42205817

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) --- Photo
Video
Navigation
Spectra Precision SP80 --- Navigation

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