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

Field Activity 2020-008-FA

Identifier 2020-008-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose This study will capture vegetation classification information surrounding a gas flux tower on the marsh ecosystem using aerial imagery collected by a UAS.
Location Plum Island Estuary, Rowley MA
Info derived Multispectral vegetation information (NDVI layers), elevation model, photogrammetric GPS target locations
Projects
Platform
Muddy Waters
21 feet Maritme Defiant
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2020-03-31
End Woods Hole, MA 2020-04-02
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.87280273
East -70.78353882
North 42.75507955
South 42.67940671

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Neil Kamal Ganju
Crew members
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Sandra M Brosnahan
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Inke Forbrich, Marine Biological Laboratory

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Photo, Video, Navigation (no data reported)
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity