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USGS scientist pilots a UAS at the San Francisco Bay in California

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USGS scientist Matt Burgess pilots a UAS during a joint USGS NUSO, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, USGS Western Geographic Science Center, USGS Spectroscopy Lab, and California State University Monterey Bay multi-scale hyperspectral remote sensing data collection mission in San Francisco Bay, California.

In a partnership with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center, the USGS Western Geographic Science Center, the USGS Spectroscopy Lab, and California State University Monterey Bay, the NUSO in May of 2021 collected true-color, multispectral, and hyperspectral UAS data as part of a multi-scale spectroscopy project to map intertidal mudflat biofilms in San Francisco Bay.

 

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