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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-046-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): Kevin Kroeger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Sandra Brosnahan

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: We will be collecting aerial imagery to test a multispectral camera for data analysis in a marsh ecosystem.

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Start Port/Location: Woods Hole

End Port/Location: Woods Hole

Start Date: 2017-08-15

End Date: 2017-08-15

Equipment Used:

Information to be Derived: Multispectral TIFF images will be collected and analyzed for biomass and ground cover analysis.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This activity happened on 8/15/2017 at Sage Lot pond in Waquoit, MA. 3DR solos were flown with the Ricoh GRII and the MicaSense RedEdge mutispectral camera collecting imagery. Ground control points were also collected to be used in the photogrammetric processing. GPS locations were collected on the ground control points using the Spectra Precision SP-80 RTK collectors.

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Amy Farris, Meagan Eagle, Adrian Mann

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Notes: We will be flying under U# U038

Location:

Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit Bay, MA

Boundaries
North: 41.56029789 South: 41.54930692 West: -70.52038193 East: -70.49881078

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photo of on foot
on foot

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