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Field Activity Details for field activity A106AK

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-06-AK

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): National Assessment of Shoreline Change (MU194)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ann Gibbs

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Reconnaissance investigation of new study area

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Deadhorse, Alaska

End Port/Location: Deadhorse, Alaska

Start Date: 2006-08-07

End Date: 2006-08-11

Equipment Used: Digital camera, navigation, camera

Information to be Derived: Georeferenced photographic and video images

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Photos and Video on FAD; 6/1/2015 Oblique airborne imagery will be gathered to document regional coastal morphology as part of the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.

Staff: Ann Gibbs, Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Staff:
Jim Webster - pilot

Notes: National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, on-line at: Coastal & Marine Geology Program National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, Alaska, on-line at: Alaska Science Center Gibbs, Ann, and Richmond, Bruce, North to Alaska --an Aerial Shoreline Reconnaissance, October 2006 Sound Waves, http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2006/10/fieldwork2.html To view proof sheets of photos linked to full resolution images: Point Barrow area Teshekpuk Lake area Colville River area Prudhoe Bay area Barter Island area Demarcation Bay area

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Richmond - digital photography
Ann Gibbs - videography
Jim Webster - pilot

Location:

North Slope of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 71.3899 South: 69.63144 West: -157.539 East: -140.90882

Platform(s):

photo of Airplane
Airplane

Publications

Gibbs, A.E., and Richmond, B.M., 2009, Oblique aerial photography of the Arctic coast of Alaska, Nulavik to Demarcation Point, August 7-10, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 436, 6 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/436/.

Portals/Viewers

FAN A106AK has data viewable in the CMGP Video and Photograph Portal. View the data in this application here. See the instructions for working with this application.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital camera --- Photo
BarterIsland
DemarcationBay
PrudhoeBay
TeshekpukLake
PointBarrow
ColvilleRiver
navigation --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-1-06-ak.060 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format a-1-06-ak.zip
camera --- Photo
analog holdings (tapes of images)

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