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April 18, 2021
Finished spring airborne campaign!
By Marc Simard
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AirSWOT and UAVSAR flew during high tide today, successfully concluding the Delta-X airborne Spring Campaign. This means 100% success!
- AirSWOT operator, Peter Wu, collected 24 flight lines today, repeating 4 lines 3 times, and 3 lines 4 times.
- To date, AirSWOT collected a total of 226 Delta-X flight lines in the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basin.
- UAVSAR’s Tim Miller repeated 2 flight lines 7 times today. UAVSAR collected ~138 flight lines during the Delta-X Spring Campaign.
The nice weather allowed Water Quality Team members Josh and Matt to sample in the vicinity of site 322, doing a number of full (radiometry, profiles and water) sampling stations. Tomorrow, they’ll go sample some more in the Bay Junope area. The Water Quality team will continue sampling various areas of the Terrebonne basin until April 24th.
Special thanks to AirSWOT, UAVSAR and AVIRIS-NG instrument operators and pilots, and to Delta-X field teams. You made this Delta-X Spring campaign a resounding success.
Looking forward to the Delta-X Fall Campaign in September. Note that Delta-X only has 2 airborne campaigns: Spring and Fall 2021.