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Preliminary lidar data collected in the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge as a baseline for future topography change.

USGS sUAS pilots with Josh Barber from the EPA and a sUAS with the lidar payload mounted and ready to fly over the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge.

The USGS and partners prepare to deploy 11 buoys into the Gulf of Maine from a U.S. Navy aircraft in preparation for Hurricane Lee. These buoys measure waves, temperature, and physical ocean properties.

Fish and Wildlife personnel participating in a demonstration by the WHCMSC about using sUAS to collect remotely sensed data. 

A preliminary elevation model created by flying sUAS with a lidar scanner over the ClearView landfill. 

ish and Wildlife personnel participating in a demonstration by the WHCMSC about using sUAS to collect remotely sensed data. 

Jin-Si Over (WHCMSC) and Chris Gazoorian (NYWSC) preparing to fly the YellowScan Mapper+ to collect lidar data on the ClearView Landfill.

USGS scientists participated in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Preserving Our Homeland summer science camp in 2023.

USGS scientists participated in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Preserving Our Homeland summer science camp in 2023.

USGS scientists participated in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Preserving Our Homeland summer science camp in 2023.

In July and October, Jen Cramer and Jin-Si Over assisted USGS UAS pilots from NUSO and Fort Collins to collect pre-restoration LiDAR and thermal survey data for the Vermillion River on the Kootenai National Forest in Montana before construction begins to improve Bull Trout habitat.

A UAS demonstration in Woods Hole, Massachusetts with WH-Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel and NE Region administration.

Summer 2023 NER Photo Contest Winner: Jin-Si Over, People category

The Coastal Change Hazards Portal product summary page within the Coastal Science Navigator. The Coastal Science Navigator serves as a gateway to USGS Coastal Change Hazards resources and assists users in finding products and tools that will meet their specific needs.  

The bottom portion of the Coastal Change Hazards Portal product summary page within the Coastal Science Navigator. The Coastal Science Navigator serves as a gateway to USGS Coastal Change Hazards resources and assists users in finding products and tools that will meet their specific needs.  

The Filter Search page within the Coastal Science Navigator. The Coastal Science Navigator serves as a gateway to USGS Coastal Change Hazards resources and assists users in finding products and tools that will meet their specific needs. The Filter Search allows users to see all available products and apply filters to narrow the adjacent list to relevant to

The Guided Search page within the Coastal Science Navigator. The Coastal Science Navigator serves as a gateway to USGS Coastal Change Hazards resources and assists users in finding products and tools that will meet their specific needs.

The USGS Coastal Science Navigator serves as a gateway to USGS Coastal Change Hazards resources and assists users in finding products and tools that will meet their specific needs.  

Jim Lynch (NPS) measuring marsh elevation change using a Surface Elevation Table (SET) near West Pond, Jamaica Bay, New York. Lateral erosion can reduce overall marsh area while elevation of the marsh at a point may be keeping pace with sea-level rise.

Main lab of the Research Vessel Marcus G. Langseth (Columbia University - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) while underway conducting multichannel seismic operations.

Spring 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Wayne Baldwin, Honorable Mention category

The Coastal Change Likelihood (CCL) assessment combines over twenty coastal data sources that describe the landscape and the hazards that act on it to determine the future likelihood of change on the coast in the next decade.  

The USGS was proud to be an exhibitor and sponsor at the Coastal Sediments Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in April 2023.