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

Field Activity 07LVI01

Identifier 07LVI01
Alternate names EAARL/2007/Vicksburg/
Purpose Obtain high-resolution topographic data for vegetation analysis in collaboration with NPS
Location Vicksburg National Park, MS
Summary Lidar data acquisition in collaboration with NPS
Info derived Sub-aerial topography, geo-referenced digital camera imagery
Platform
Airplane
Itinerary
Start Vicksburg, MS 2007-09-10
End Vicksburg, MS 2007-09-14
Bounds
West -92.09066391
East -89.29653168
North 33.18418323
South 31.69742757
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Organization
U.S. National Park Service
Principal investigators Nayegandhi, AmarBrock, John
Crew members
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nayegandhi, Amar
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multispectral Imaging System Other Imagery (no data reported)
Camera, Digital, Hand Held Photo (no data reported)
Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) LIDAR 4
Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
07LVI01-LI-pd-1 Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography†GIS†datasets of the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississipi Alexandra M Fredericks
07LVI01-LI-pd-2 Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Lidar-derived first surface (FS) topography†GIS†datasets of a portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississipi Alexandra M Fredericks

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity