Field Activity 2018-004-FA

Identifier 2018-004-FA
Purpose Creating a high resolution elevation map for use in carbon sequestration models.
Location Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit MA
Summary Aerial imagery was collected by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit, MA March 9, 2018. This collection was acquired to explore the UAS potential for mapping marsh ecological systems, vegetation diversity, and creating high resolution elevation maps for use in carbon sequestration models. 883 Ricoh GRII photos (5.3 GB) were collected along with 15,536 mica photos (26.7 GB), 12 GCPs
Info derived Collecting high resolution images to be processed by photoscan to create orthophotos, DEMs, and point clouds.
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Waquoit MA 2018-03-09
End Waquoit MA 2018-03-09
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.50961018
East -70.50173373
North 41.55574388
South 41.55058105

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D Kroeger
Crew members
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Scientist, Staff
Thomas W Brooks
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Adrian C Mann
Scientist, Staff
Emily J Sturdivant
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Sandra M Brosnahan
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ricoh GR II Camera was mounted on the 3DR solo. Photo 1
MicaSense RedEdge Camera was mounted on the 3DR solo. Photo (no data reported)
3DR Solo factory A multispectral camera and a true-color camera were mounted on the drone ??at the same time or separate times? Navigation (no data reported)
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 2

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2018_USGS_True_Color_Imagery Ricoh GR II True color aerial imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018. 11 separate zip file containing JPEG image for 8 separate field activities. Jennifer M Cramer
2018_USGS_Ground_Control_Points Spectra Precision SP80 Ground control points collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018. 8 separate CSV files for 8 separate field activities. Jennifer M Cramer
2018_USGS_Multispectral_Imagery Spectra Precision SP80 Multispectral aerial imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts between March 2018 - September 2018. 13 separate zip files containing images from the 3 field activities. Jennifer M Cramer

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity