Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems (LQ00G3S)
Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Sandra Brosnahan
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect aerial imagery of the Plum Island marsh system to augment a sediment budget study.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2017-11-14
End Date: 2017-11-14
Equipment Used: Aeropoint targets, 3DR Solo mRo, Spectra Precision SP80, Ricoh GR II, MicaSense RedEdge
Information to be Derived: We'll be collecting aerial photographs and ground control points to create photoscan projects.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This field event took place on 11/14/2017 at Plum Island in Newbury, MA. 3DR solos UASs were flown with the Ricoh GRII collecting RGB true color jpegs. Ground control points were collected using spectra precision SP-80 RTK collectors.
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Amy Farris, Daniel Nowacki, Elizabeth Pendleton, Emily Sturdivant
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: A Ricoh GR II camera was mounted on a 3DR Solo Quadcopter UAS.
A MicaSense RedEdge multispectral camera was mounted on a 3DR Solo Quadcopter UAS.
Location:
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.76869085 | South: 42.7070658 | West: -70.86112976 | East: -70.75897217 |
Platform(s):
Knob |
Cramer, J.M., Huntley, E.C., Brosnahan, S.M., Ganju, N.K., Sturdivant, E.J., Pendleton, E.A., Ackerman, S.D., and Borden, J., 2022, Aerial imagery and ground control points collected during an uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) survey at Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PP35F4.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeropoint targets | --- | Navigation Transects Profiles | |
| 3DR Solo mRo | --- | Navigation | |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation | |
| Ricoh GR II | --- | Photo | |
| MicaSense RedEdge | --- | Photo |
