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: To collect mapping data for the EPA at an old landfill inlcuding the Fish and Wildlife Service Park to the south that the landfill runs into.

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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.

Location:

Darby Township, Philadelphia, PA

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