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Orthoimagery and elevation data derived from UAS imagery for Palmyra Atoll, USA 2016-Fighter Strips

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2016-10-17

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Adams, J.D., Holmquist-Johnson, C., Hanson, L., and Struckhoff, M.A., 2019, Orthoimagery and elevation data derived from UAS imagery for Palmyra Atoll, USA, 2016 (ver. 1.1, November 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Q81C0T.

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This data set includes a point cloud, digital surface model (DSM), and orthoimagery of the Fighter Strips at Palmyra Atoll, USA. Products were generated from aerial images collected in October 2016 using Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS, or "drones") with a Ricoh GRII digital camera. Imagery was processed using structure-from-motion photogrammetry that generates a three dimensional point cloud (.las) by identifying pixels from multiple images representing the same object and calculating the x, y, and z coordinates of that object/pixel. Point cloud data were processed to create a 6.3 cm resolution DSM (.tif) of the uppermost reflective surface (i.e., data have not been filtered for vegetation classes or height). Finally, source images [...]

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6.38 GB image/geotiff
FighterStrips_Report_.pdf 2.12 MB application/pdf
Palmyra_Atoll_2016_UAS_DSM_FighterStrips.tif 339.33 MB image/geotiff
2.99 GB application/unknown

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Provide static point of conditions prior to planned remediation of chemical contaminants and large-scale coconut removal to restore native forests.

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  • Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)

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