Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-019-FA

Other ID: Trout Creek Montana UAS Support

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jin-Si Over, Jennifer Cramer

Affiliate Investigator(s): Rod Caldwell (USGS WY-MT Water Science Center); Christopher Holmquist-Johnson (USGS Ft. Collins Science Center)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: LIDAR

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map a stretch of the Vermillion River for the WY-MT Water Science Center who are installing staff gauges and monitoring wells. Mapping will include flying a Lidar system and thermal camera on an M600.

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Start Port/Location: Missoula, Montana

End Port/Location: Missoula, Montanna

Start Date: 2023-08-07

End Date: 2023-08-11

Equipment Used:

Information to be Derived: Elevation, thermal map

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Partial lidar data was collected, UAS carrying lidar payload crashed and both systems were totaled. Thermal data was collected across entire study area. GPS data was collected.

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Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Cramer and Over are support staff using equipment from NUSO. Lidar system is a YellowScan Mapper and thermal system is a DJI XT2, attached to the UAS system DJI M600. Woods Hole will not be responsible for the data acquired.

Location:

Trout Creek Montana

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