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ID N-O1-06-LA
Abstract United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Brian Collins. Terrestrial LIDAR data (lidar, GPS) of field activity N-O1-06-LA in New Orleans, Louisiana from 03/13/2006 to 03/17/2006
Organization United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Project/Theme Terrestrial Lidar Imagery of Failed Levees During Hurricane Katrina
Coastal Change Hazards
Chief Scientist Brian Collins
Activity Type Terrestrial LIDAR
Area of Operation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Location map N-O1-06-LA location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 33.25000
-94.75000     -88.25000
28.25000
Ports LEAVE Menlo Park, CA
ARRIVE Menlo Park, CA
Dates 03/13/2006 (JD 072) to 03/17/2006 (JD 076)
Analog Materials No analog holdings.
Index map

N-O1-06-LA map of where navigation equipment operated

Information Specialist
Brian Collins
Crew
Tom Reiss
Brian Collins
Diane Minasian
Equipment Used
lidar
GPS
Purpose
Document and analyze geotechnical and structural deformations of failed levee
sections that occurred during Hurricane Katrina that led to the flooding of New
Orleans.
Information to be Derived
laser scanning data and GPS survey control coordinates
Notes
Equipment used: terrestrial lidar unit and differential GPS equipment
Publications
Collins, Brian, Minasian, Diane, Reiss, Tom, and Gibbons, Helen, 2006, USGS
Scientists Revisit New Orleans Levee Breaks to Collect High-Accuracy Survey Data, Sound Waves, May, 2006:
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2006/05/
Got Help? For N-O1-06-LA, we would appreciate any information on -- analog materials, contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, kms of navigation, national plan, NGDC Info, owner, platform, project number, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, summary, tabulated info.

 

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