Field Activity 08LTS01

Identifier 08LTS01
Alternate names EAARL/2008/SouthLouisiana
Purpose Obtain high-resolution topographic data of wetlands and barrier islands
Location Southern LA
Summary This data set provides those bare earth elevation measurements in portions of the following parishes/counties: Orleans and St. Tammany in Louisiana and Hancock in Mississippi.
Info derived Sub-aerial topography, geo-referenced digital camera imagery
Projects
Platform
Airplane
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Kiln, Mississippi (Stennis Airport) 2008-03-04
End Kiln, Mississippi (Stennis Airport) 2008-03-14
Bounds
West -91.90561295
East -88.60087395
North 30.4634712
South 28.48838239
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Brock, John
Crew members
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Amar Nayegandhi, John Brock (USGS)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) LIDAR 9
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Multispectral Imaging System Other Imagery (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
08LTS01-LI-pd-1 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare earth (BE) topography†GIS†datasets of the Pearl River Delta in Louisiana and Mississippi Alexandra M Fredericks
08LTS01-LI-pd-2 Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography†GIS†datasets of the Pearl River Delta in Louisiana and Mississippi Alexandra M Fredericks
08LTS01_morphology.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Dune crest, dune toe, shoreline, beach width and beach slope for a lidar survey collected 20080304-20080314 in Louisiana Kara S Doran
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03_mosaic.tif Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography mosaic Alexandra M Fredericks
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_BE_n88g03.xyz Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography point cloud. Alexandra M Fredericks
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03_mosaic.tif Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first-surface topography mosaic Alexandra M Fredericks
EasternLA2008_EAARLA_FS_n88g03.xyz Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived first-surface topography point cloud. Alexandra M Fredericks

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity