AKA: SQUID5 system testing Tahoe Reef
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Gerry Hatcher
Affiliate Investigator(s): Brant Allen, Field Lab Director and Boat Captain. UC Davis. S. Geoffrey Schladow, PhD, UC Davis
Information Specialist(s): Peter Dal Ferro
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Field testing of modifications/updates to the SQUID-5 underwater structure from motion mapping vehicle
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy 9 pass. van - green G42-0422G, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P
Start Port/Location: Tahoe City, CA
End Port/Location: Tahoe City, CA
Start Date: 2021-03-08
End Date: 2021-03-12
Equipment Used: Trimble R7 GPS receiver, SQUID-5
Information to be Derived: Lake bed elevation and orthoimagery
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successfully collected high resolution lakebed imagery and associated navigation for processing with Structure from Motion (SfM) software.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-634-FA
Location:
Lake Tahoe, CA near Tahoe City
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.19346594 | South: 39.15642106 | West: -120.1521492 | East: -120.08022308 |
Platform(s):
 Boat |
Hatcher, G.A., Warrick, J.A., Kranenburg, C.J., Dal Ferro, P., 2021, Overlapping lakebed images and associated GNSS locations acquired near Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V44ZYS.
Warrick, J.A., Hatcher, G.A., and Kranenburg, C.J., 2021, Point clouds, bathymetric maps, and orthoimagery generated from overlapping lakebed images acquired with the SQUID-5 system near Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9934I6U.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| SQUID-5 | --- | Photo |
