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Portfolio
Client Number Of Projects USGS, Suwannee, Fl 1 Laser Mapping Specialists, MS 8 University Of Mississippi 1 University Of Florida 1 USGS, Tampa, FLorida 1 USGS, Montomery, Alabama 1 Shell Canada 2000 1 Alberta Research Council 2 US Marines, Camp Pendleton 1998 1 University Of Florida Geomatics ,Gainesville, Fl 4 International Hurricane Center, Miami, Fl 1 JEA Enginerring Associates, FL 1 Aquater Spa, Italy 1 Alberta Forestry, AB 4 Most Recent
Suwanee River, Florida
The project area covers approximately 250,000 acres in all with all datasets combined. The imagery data has all geo-coding embedded with the geoTIF file format. The geoTIFF is the highest resolution to review when viewed digitally on a GIS system.
Flight Planning Area#1 and #2 Color Infrared Image Mosaic:
the Suwannee River Mouth
Thermal Infrared Imagery – Day Collection
Notes: There is approximately a 4.0 C difference in temperature between the river temperature and the Gulf temperature during this mapping mission. The thermal plume discharge to the Gulf is masking any possible spring seeps that may exist in that area. There were no off-shore natural seeps noted in the imagery either Day or Night.
The natural spring seeps that were identifiable in the thermal imagery (night) were mostly not visible in the day imagery. The solar gain on the ground effectively masked the thermal response by the seep.
Notes: The effectiveness of the thermal at night was far superior to that of the day mission. There was no solar gain (heat) effecting the imagery. Very small temperature gradients were noted. Natural spring seeps were easily identified in the imagery and each of the major ones have been documented in this report with Longitude Latitude position and the thermal gradient measured between the warmest point in the seep to the reference temperature, (the surrounding water temperature up stream from the seep) The majority measured were on the average 10 C degrees difference. In some cases, the origination of the seep is difficult to pinpoint, however the stream discharge is most definitely warmer in temperature than a stream near by that is clearly cooler.
Thermal Infrared Imagery Mosaic – Night Collection
Notes: The thermal intensity of the stream is seen as an increase in temperature for the length of the stream where it enters the Gulf cooler temperatures and stream temperature drops dramatically and merges with Gulf.
Thermal Infrared Imagery Mosaic – Night Collection
Notes: The thermal intensity of the stream is seen as an increase in temperature for the length of the stream where it enters the Gulf cooler temperatures and stream temperature drops dramatically and merges with Gulf.
This area is just south of the Hwy to Cedar Key. Feature #9 is at top right in Image.
Each of these warmer streams is worth further investigation.Feature #2
Location:
29 deg 23.632N
83 deg 11.500
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 23.10 C
Ref Temp: 11.75 C
Delta Temp: 11.35 C
Feature #4
Location:
29 deg 17.517 N
83 deg 04.566 W
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 19.60 C
Ref Temp: 9.50 C
Delta Temp: 10.10 C
Thermal Infrared Night Mission and Color Infrared Day Mission
Feature #5
Location:
29 deg 16.814 N
83 deg 04.143 W
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 22.60 C
Ref Temp: 12.50 C
Delta Temp: 10.10 C
Day Thermal IR
Thermal Infrared Night Mission and Color Infrared Day Mission
Feature #6
Location:
29 deg 15.612 N
83 deg 03.029 W
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 23.75 C
Ref Temp: 13.75 C
Delta Temp: 10.00 C
Day Thermal IR
Thermal Infrared Night Mission and Color Infrared Day Mission
Feature #7
Location:
29 deg 13.504 N
83 deg 03.153 W
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 25.90 C
Ref Temp: 10.50 C
Delta Temp: 15.40 C
Feature #11 – Manatee Springs
Location: Source
29 deg 29.377 N
82 deg 58.624 W
Temperatures: Night Thermal
Max 25.50 C
Ref Temp: 16.75 C
Delta Temp: 8.75 C
Manatee Springs
Weeks Bay, Fish River and Magnolia River, Alabama
Objective: to thermally map the Weeks Bay, Fish River and Magnolia River, Alabama, to map a temperature-profile from the source to mouth ending at Weeks Bay and Mobile Bay.
Wetlands Eastern Shore of Fish River, Sections 5, 7 (Thermal Mosaic)
Wetlands Eastern Shore of Fish River, Sections 5, 7 (CIR)
Magnolia River , Sections 32,33 (Thermal)
Page 7 – Magnolia River, Sections 32,33 (CIR)
Laser Mapping Image Specialists Mar 2004 Canton MS , 5,000 acres
Gulf South Pipelines Dec 2003 Pipeline corridor 70,000 acres
Raymond Mississippi Airport Mar 2004 FAA review 2,000 acres
USGS Tampa FL office - Nov 2002 contracted VeriMap to fly a section of the salt-water marshes off the Gulf Coast near Cedar Key Florida. USGS interest was to verify if thermal imagery could identify the presence and inventory of fresh water aquifers (springs) in the salt-water marshes. The science theory is the fact that the aquifers temperature is a constant 71 degrees (F) all year around. The relative temperature differences are maximized in summer and winter, and hence easy to detect. The imagery displayed here is winter, so the Gulf Temperature is colder than the aquifer and resultant image is looking for a warm "plume" in the colder water surrounding.
Ministry of Ontario - July 2002 submitted requests for proposals to identify breading grounds for West Nile Virus mosquitoes. The application is to identify and locate ponds, puddles and sloughs of standing water. The science here is that water will warm up during the day and remain much warmer than the surrounding ground when imaged at night. The extent of water is easily detected by thermal imaging.
