Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-006-FA

Other ID: Darby UAS Mapping

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Sandra Brosnahan

Affiliate Investigator(s): Chris Gazoorian (NYWSC)

Information Specialist(s): Jennifer Cramer

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

Scientific Purpose/Goals: sUAS flights at the Darby Creek landfill and John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania will support ecological restoration monitoring and environmental assessment. Aerial imagery will be used to quantify and classify vegetation growth over time, evaluate landscape elevation changes to assess cap stability and erosion, and collect thermal data to identify potential groundwater seepage areas.

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Start Port/Location: Woods Hole MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole MA

Start Date: 2024-03-13

End Date: 2024-03-20

Equipment Used: YellowScan Mapper +, DJI Zenmuse XT2, Aeropoint targets, Spectra Precision SP80, Parrot Anafi, DJI Mavic, Reconnaissance

Information to be Derived: Will be flying mutliple sensors on the M600 inlcuding a LiDAR and Thermal system borrowed from NUSO

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: LiDAR data and thermal images were collected during drone surveys at Darby Creek superfund site and John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge from March 13-17, 2024. LiDAR point cloud data and true-color images were collected using a YellowScan Mapper+ over the Clearview Landfill and areas of the National Wildlife Refuge. A total of 23 LiDAR files were collected and a total of 6,691 true-color aerial images in JPEG format were collected. Thermal imagery were collected along the Darby Creek and connecting tributaries, as well as the small pond at Clearview Landfill using a Zenmuse XT2 thermal camera. A total of 2,355 true-color images in JPEG format, 1,780 thermal-infrared images in TIFF format, 575 radiometric images in JPEG format, and 6 video files in MOV format. Not all of this data is planned to be published.

Staff: Jin-Si Over, Jennifer Cramer, Seth Ackerman

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Notes: YellowScan Mapper+ was used for lidar, ZenMuse XT2 for thermal - these two systems are not in compass
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-020-FA.

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Darby Township, Philadelphia, PA

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