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UAS collecting natural color video over a Winter Park study site
UAS collecting natural color video over a Winter Park study site
UAS collecting natural color video over a Winter Park study site
UAS collecting natural color video over a Winter Park study site

A UAS collecting natural color video over one of the study sites during a joint NUSO and USGS Water Resources Mission Area snow mapping project in Winter Park, Colorado.

USGS researcher setting up a GPS base station during a UAS mission at Winter Park
USGS researcher setting up a GPS base station during a UAS mission at Winter Park
USGS researcher setting up a GPS base station during a UAS mission at Winter Park
USGS researcher setting up a GPS base station during a UAS mission at Winter Park

USGS researcher Joe Adams (NUSO) setting up a GPS base station at one of the study sites for a snow mapping project in Winter Park, Colorado. GPS base station data is used in post-processing to improve the geospatial accuracy of UAS collected data.

USGS NUSO researchers take a moment to enjoy the scenery during a UAS mission in Colorado
USGS NUSO researchers take a moment to enjoy the scenery during a UAS mission in Colorado
USGS NUSO researchers take a moment to enjoy the scenery during a UAS mission in Colorado
USGS NUSO researchers take a moment to enjoy the scenery during a UAS mission in Colorado

USGS NUSO researchers Victoria Scholl and Mark Bauer take a moment to enjoy the scenery during a UAS data collection for the snow water equivalent (SWE) project at the Berthoud Pass Colorado study site.

Drone's eye view of a USGS remote pilot during a biocrust mission near Moab, UT
Drone's eye view of a USGS remote pilot during a biocrust mission near Moab, UT
Drone's eye view of a USGS remote pilot during a biocrust mission near Moab, UT
Drone's eye view of a USGS remote pilot during a biocrust mission near Moab, UT

Drone's eye view of a USGS remote pilot during a biocrust mission near Moab, UT

NUSO UAS pilot Matt Burgess captures an image of himself while landing a UAS after a flight over a biocrust site near Moab, Utah.

USGS scientists placing UAS ground control targets at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station near Moab, Utah
USGS scientists placing UAS ground control targets at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station near Moab, Utah
USGS scientists placing UAS ground control targets at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station near Moab, Utah
USGS scientists placing UAS ground control targets at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station near Moab, Utah

USGS scientists Victoria Scholl (USGS NUSO) and Armin Howell (USGS Canyonlands Research Station) placing UAS ground control targets at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station near Moab, Utah

USGS scientist preparing a UAS mounted emissions sampler at the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station
USGS scientist preparing a UAS mounted emissions sampler at the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station
USGS scientist preparing a UAS mounted emissions sampler at the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station
USGS scientist collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
USGS scientist collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
USGS scientist collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
USGS scientist collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts

USGS scientist Victoria Scholl collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The PVC pipe quadrat was placed around materials of interest (in this image, pink Salicornia vegetation) and the small panel was used as a white reference prior to spectrometer measurements.

USGS scientist Victoria Scholl collecting a spectral measurement in a wetland at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The PVC pipe quadrat was placed around materials of interest (in this image, pink Salicornia vegetation) and the small panel was used as a white reference prior to spectrometer measurements.

Rippling marine deposits with hammer shown for scale
Ripple bedforms in Triassic marine deposits of the northern Humboldt Range, Nevada
Ripple bedforms in Triassic marine deposits of the northern Humboldt Range, Nevada
USGS researcher returns after collecting previously deployed UAS ground targets in the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researcher returns after collecting previously deployed UAS ground targets in the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researcher returns after collecting previously deployed UAS ground targets in the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researcher returns after collecting previously deployed UAS ground targets in the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

USGS researcher Victoria Scholl (NUSO) returns after collecting previously deployed scale bar and ground control point survey targets along the Paleocene Poison Canyon Formation in the Cimarron Canyon, New Mexico.

UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

One of the ground control point survey targets deployed along the Paleocene Poison Canyon Formation in the Cimarron Canyon and used to provide accurate GPS data during the UAS data collection flights.

UAS ground control point survey targets deployed along the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

One of the ground control point survey targets deployed along the Paleocene Poison Canyon Formation in the Cimarron Canyon and used to provide accurate GPS data during the UAS data collection flights.

USGS scientist places a scale bar and ground control point survey target at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS scientist places a scale bar and ground control point survey target at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS scientist places a scale bar and ground control point survey target at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS scientist places a scale bar and ground control point survey target at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

USGS scientist Victoria Scholl (NUSO) places a scale bar and ground control point survey target along the Paleocene Poison Canyon Formation in the Cimarron Canyon. GPS data from these targets and derived from the UAS collected imagery helps ensure high positional and geometric accuracy of georeferenced data products including 3D models.

USGS scientist Victoria Scholl (NUSO) places a scale bar and ground control point survey target along the Paleocene Poison Canyon Formation in the Cimarron Canyon. GPS data from these targets and derived from the UAS collected imagery helps ensure high positional and geometric accuracy of georeferenced data products including 3D models.

USGS remote pilot replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS remote pilot replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS remote pilot replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS remote pilot replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

USGS remote pilot Todd Burton replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico. Batteries last for only around 15 minutes, therefore a minimum of six sets are typically taken into the field which allows each used set to be cooled down, recharged, and then reused in the field.

USGS remote pilot Todd Burton replaces UAS batteries during a mission at the Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico. Batteries last for only around 15 minutes, therefore a minimum of six sets are typically taken into the field which allows each used set to be cooled down, recharged, and then reused in the field.

USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico
USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico

Prior to the UAS flights USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place ground control targets and scale bars.

USGS scientists hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place UAS ground targets
USGS scientists hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place UAS ground targets
USGS scientists hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place UAS ground targets
USGS scientists hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place UAS ground targets

Prior to the UAS flights USGS researchers Amy Gilmer, Theresa Schwartz, and Victoria Scholl hike up Cimarron Canyon in New Mexico to place ground control targets and scale bars.

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