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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-037-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400)

Principal Investigator(s): Erika Lentz

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Sandra Brosnahan

Data Type(s): Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The AIM group will be conducting a reconnaisance visit to the Jones River Landing in Kingston Ma, to determine site suitablilty for a longer term study collecting UAS imagery for photogrammetric reconstructions of the changing stream bed due to dam removal.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2019-09-27

End Date: 2019-09-27

Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Information to be Derived: Site suitability for a longer term monitoring project looking at stream response to dam removal.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The Jones River Landing site reconnaissance trip on 9/27/2019 was successfully completed. The AIM group investigated the mouth of the Jones River as well as the area at the dam removal site.

Staff: Seth Ackerman, Sandra Brosnahan, Erika Lentz, Elizabeth Pendleton, Emily Sturdivant

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Jones River, Kingston MA

Boundaries
North: 42.00006363 South: 41.98815139 West: -70.74235725 East: -70.70653667

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
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