Field Activity 2014-304-FA

Identifier 2014-304-FA
Purpose To collect calibration data for the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL-B) system.
Location St. Petersburg, Ft. Lauderdale, Marathon and Cape Canaveral, FL
Summary submerged elevation data
Info derived submerged elevation data
Comments This survey was conducted as part of the Hurricane Sandy Funding Agreement to calibrate and enhance EAARL capabilities (MN00FBP).
Projects
Platform
Airplane
Vehicles
Chevy HHR - Blue
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2014-04-07
End St. Petersburg, FL 2014-04-25
Bounds
West -82.6935
East -79.89257813
North 28.26326328
South 24.64696437
Topic 46
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators C Wayne Wright
Crew members
Rodolfo J Troche
Scientist, Staff
Karen L M Morgan
Scientist, Staff
Emily S Klipp
Scientist, Staff
Christine Kranenburg
Scientist, Staff
C Wayne Wright
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Rodolfo J Troche
Specialist, Information
Emily S Klipp
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: LIDAR, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Post-processing of EAARL data is accomplished using a custom-built Airborne Lidar Processing System (ALPS) that combines laser return backscatter digitized at 1-ns intervals with aircraft positioning data derived from the IMU and GPS receivers Navigation (no data reported)
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) The Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) is an airborne lidar system that provides unique capabilities to survey coral reefs, nearshore benthic habitats, coastal vegetation, and sandy beaches (Wright and Brock, 2002). Operating in the blue-green portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, the EAARL is specifically designed to measure submerged topography and adjacent coastal land elevations seamlessly in a single scan of transmitted laser pulses. LIDAR 8

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
CRKR2014_EAARLB_z17_n88g12A_mosaic.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived submerged topography DEM mosaic for a portion of the submerged environs of Crocker Reef, Florida Christine Kranenburg
CRKR2014_EAARLB_z17_n88g12A.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Lidar-derived submerged topography point cloud for a portion of the submerged environs of Crocker Reef, Florida Christine Kranenburg
FLA2014_EAARLB_FLL_Calibrated_ST_z17_n88g12A_mosaic.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Calibrated lidar-derived submerged topography for a portion of the submerged environs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (GEOID12A). Christine Kranenburg
FLA2014_EAARLB_FLL_Calibrated_ST_z17_wgs84_mosaic.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Calibrated lidar-derived submerged topography for a portion of the submerged environs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (WGS84) Christine Kranenburg
FLA2014_EAARLB_FLL_Uncalibrated_ST_z17_n88g12A_mosaic.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Uncalibrated lidar-derived submerged topography for a portion of the submerged environs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (GEOID12A). Christine Kranenburg
FLA2014_EAARLB_FLL_Uncalibrated_ST_z17_wgs84_mosaic.zip Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR (EAARL) Uncalibrated lidar-derived submerged topography for a portion of the submerged environs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (WGS84). Christine Kranenburg

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