1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2018-015-FA

Identifier 2018-015-FA
Purpose We'll be collecting high resolution imagery to create DEM's, point clouds and orthophotos for marsh stability modeling.
Location Plum Island
Summary Aerial imagery was collected by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR, MA February 27, 2018. This collection was acquired to explore the UAS potential for mapping marsh ecological systems, vegetation diversity, and creating high resolution elevation maps. 3338 Ricoh GRII photos (19.4 GB) were collected along with 13,415 mica photos (24.8 GB), 24 GCPs
Info derived We'll be collecting high resolution imagery for processing in photoscan to create products for elevation and vegetation surveys.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-006-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Plum Island, MA 2018-02-25
End Plum Island, MA 2018-02-26
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.824
East -70.804
North 42.7789
South 42.768997

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Neil Kamal Ganju
Crew members
Ellyn Montgomery
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Nowacki
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Neil Kamal Ganju
Specialist, Information
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Specialist, Information
Jonathan Borden
Specialist, Information
Sandra M Brosnahan
Specialist, Information
Daniel J Nowacki
Specialist, Information
Emily J Sturdivant
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
3DR Solo mRo 3DR Ublox GPS integrated into the UAS for image locations. Navigation (no data reported)
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 1
MicaSense RedEdge The camera was mounted on the UAS. Photo 1
Ricoh GR II The camera was mounted on the UAS. Photo 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2018015FA_GCP_PlumIsland Spectra Precision SP80 Ground control and transect points collected during unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018 Sandra M Brosnahan
2018015FA_mica_PlumIsland MicaSense RedEdge Multispectral aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018 Sandra M Brosnahan
2018015FA_ricoh_PlumIsland Ricoh GR II True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018 Sandra M Brosnahan