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ID T-OH-08-JP
Abstract United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,National Science Foundation. Chief Scientist: Rob Kayen. Data (GPS, receiver, LiDar) of field activity T-OH-08-JP in Tohuku, southern Iwate, and Akita prefectures, Northern Miyagi Prefecture from 06/25/2008 to 06/30/2008
Organization United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
National Science Foundation
Chief Scientist Rob Kayen
Area of Operation
Tohuku, southern Iwate, and Akita prefectures, Northern Miyagi Prefecture
Location map T-OH-08-JP location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 39.71170
140.51546     141.16723
38.72449
Dates 06/25/2008 (JD 177) to 06/30/2008 (JD 182)
Analog Materials No analog holdings.
Index maps

T-OH-08-JP map of where navigation equipment operated

T-OH-08-JP map of where navigation equipment operated

Information Specialist
Rob Kayen
Crew
Rob Kayen
Brady Cox
Jorgen Johannson
Yu Zhao
Hajime Tanaka
Equipment Used
GPS (Garmin hand-held GPS units)
receiver (Topcon Hiper+ DGPS base station receiver and rover)
LiDar (Riegl Z420i LiDAR laser scanner)
Notes
The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake, 2008 epicenter is at 39.028333,140.88.
This earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of Iwate Prefecture
at 8:43 JST on Saturday morning, June 14 (23:43 UTC on June 13).
The JMA magnitude was estimated at Mj 7.2, and
the moment magnitude by USGS was at Mw 6.9.
Data collection used WGS84, ellipsoid heights.
Data accuracy for LiDAR is 3 to 5 cm.
Data accuracy for DGPS is less than 1 cm.
Data accuracy for GPS is 2 to 8 m.
No post-processing done to data.
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