Mount Robson BC Parks Survey - 2022 - Hakai Airborne Coastal Observatory

10.21966/rn09-c067

The Airborne Coastal Observatory (ACO) is a collaborative program led by the Hakai Institute along with partners the University of Northern British Columbia. The ACO program offers rapid and accurate aerial observations of both terrestrial and marine ecosystems, from Icefields to Oceans, and applied across multiple scientific disciplines. Data is collected by a Piper Navajo aircraft equipped with an array of integrated Earth imaging systems and technology, including: 1) A Riegl VQ-780 airborne laser scanner; 2. Two PhaseOne iXU-RS 1000 digital medium format cameras; 3. Specim AisaFENIX Imaging Spectrometer; 4. Applanix Inertial Navigation System. All data is processed and maintained by the Hakai Geospatial Technology team. The aircraft is provided and maintained by Kisik Aerial Surveys Inc. (Delta, BC).

Hakai Institute continues to grow its relationship with BC Parks in part through strategic mapping campaigns of BC's protected areas. The ACO collected LiDAR and high-resolution imagery of Mt.Robson provincial park, which contains features of interest to Hakai's Geoscience and Cryosphere programs. Specifically, Mt. Robson area is an important target as a part of Hakai and UNBC's bi-annual glacier inventories. ACO data collected in 2022 of Mt Robson park also provided important information for Park managers who were working to rebuild trails and infrastructure destroyed during the 2021 heat dome event.

For more information on post processing, data quality assurance, software used, and summary of results please contact data@hakai.org

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Limitations: Appropriate credit must be given to Hakai Institute and the authors of the dataset.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) January 23, 2023 (Publication)
March 15, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) August 18, 2022 (Creation)
October 28, 2022 (Publication)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Hakai Institute ROR logo
Email
data@hakai.org
Role
Publisher
Responsible Party 2
Name
Hakai Geospatial
Affiliation
Hakai Institute ROR logo
Role
  • Author
  • Custodian
  • Distributor
  • Owner
  • Point of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
  • Processor
  • Resource Provider
Responsible Party 3
Affiliation
Tula Foundation ROR logo
Role
Funder

Field Value
Ocean Variables Other
Climate Variables Snow
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Topic Category oceans
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
Spatial Extent [[[-119.4, 53.01], [-118.7, 53.01], [-118.7, 53.25], [-119.4, 53.25], [-119.4, 53.01]]]
North Bounding Latitude 53.25
South Bounding Latitude 53.01
East Bounding Longitude -118.7
West Bounding Longitude -119.4
Temporal Extent
Begin
2022-08-18
End
2022-08-18
Vertical Extent
Min
100.0
Max
3100.0
Default Locale English
Citation identifier
Code
https://doi.org/10.21966/rn09-c067
Projects
  1. Airborne Coastal Observatory
  2. Geospatial
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
Hakai Data Catalogue
Description
Science on the Coastal Margin
URL
https://catalogue.hakai.org