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Field Activity Details for field activity 2026-011-FA

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Other ID: Long Pond Falmouth

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): CMG-WH Core Competency - Marine Technology (LQ000GU)

Principal Investigator(s): Seth Ackerman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Michael Reghitto, DPW, Water Division, Town of Falmouth; Chuck Martinsen, Natural Resources, Town of Falmouth, MA;

Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: LIDAR

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Topographic lidar and orthophoto survey along the perimeter of Long Pond to complement the SFMG and AIM work done in 2025 (2025-007-FA)

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2026-04-10

End Date: 2026-04-17

Equipment Used: WingtraOne Gen II, Wingtra Lidar

Information to be Derived: Orthophoto and topographic lidar. Lidar and bathymetry merged into a DEM with 2025 SFMG and AIM datasets.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jin-Si Over, Jennifer Cramer, Amit Millo, Sandra Brosnahan

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-007-FA. One to two days in the field during the window of this field activity.

Location:

Long Pond, Town of Falmouth reservoir

Boundaries
North: 41.58602498 South: 41.57069056 West: -70.6248951 East: -70.60903072

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
WingtraOne Gen II --- Navigation
Photo
Wingtra Lidar --- Navigation
LIDAR

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