High-Resolution Airborne Imagery Acquisition 2014 - 2015 USAP Antarctic Field Season Project: Landscape change has been observed in the McMurdo Dry Valleys during the last decade, but the changes have not been mapped on a large scale. The project proposes to evaluate the range of changes occurring in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and their subsequent impacts using data collected by airborne mapping. The project is headed by PI Andrew Fountain (Portland State University) and Co-PI Paul Morin of the Polar Geospatial Center (University of Minnesota), and is being flown by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Goals: The NCALM crew is using an Optech Titan sensor to image and map the McMurdo Dry Valleys and surrounding areas. Mapping will include upwards of 5000 km of2 Antarctic landscape. This will provide baseline imagery and elevation data for the entire McMurdo Dry Valley system. Data: NCALM is collecting high-resolution visible (RGB) imagery over the McMurdo Dry Valleys as well as providing dense and extensive coverage with LiDAR. The horizontal resolution of the imagery is 6-8 cm. Data coverage at this resolution and density that NCALM will provide for the McMurdo Dry Valleys will be an unprecedented dataset that will change the scientific capabilities of the area. McMurdo Station Lake Fryxell Camp The Labyrinth Blood Falls Availability: The imagery and LiDAR data, including pointclouds and DEMs, will be hosted through both the Polar Geospatial Center and OpenTopography. All of the data will be publically available in time for the 2015-2016 Antarctic field season. Part of the broader impact of this project is the usefulness of the collected data for multidisciplinary studies. Center: The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping is an NSF-supported research center created to provide airborne laser mapping to the scientific community. The center is based at the University of Houston and is operated in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley. Visit ncalm.cive.uh.edu for more information. Deployed C-517-M Team Members: Maciej Obryk Abhinav Singhania Juan Fernandez-Diaz Darren Hauser Andrew Fountain Rickard Pettersson
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