Ecstall Slide - 2022 - Hakai Airborne Coastal Observatory

10.21966/3qkg-5n18

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).

On September 1st, 2022, Goran Exstrom detected a seismic event north of Kitimat which turned out to be an ice/rock avalanche on the Ecstall River. It slammed into a lake and created a downstream flood similar to the event at Elliot Creek (Bute Inlet). Hakai Institute worked with Marten Geertsma (BC Gov) to deploy the Airborne Coastal Observatory to collect lidar and imagery of the event in the Ecstall-Spokskuut Conservancy, a key region for Salmon. Given that the event followed warm weather in August 2022 and then a precipitation event suggests that enhanced glacier melt may have helped trigger the event. Data from the ACO will help to understand these factors and other cascading effects of the hazard event (e.g., destruction of Salmon habitat).

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 18, 2023 (Publication)
March 19, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) September 11, 2022 (Creation)
November 30, 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
Email
data@hakai.org
Role
  • Author
  • Custodian
  • Distributor
  • Owner
  • Point of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
  • Processor
Responsible Party 3
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Tula Foundation ROR logo
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Funder

Field Value
Ocean Variables Other
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Topic Category oceans
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
Spatial Extent [[[-129.8, 53.71], [-129.4, 53.71], [-129.4, 54.01], [-129.8, 54.01], [-129.8, 53.71]]]
North Bounding Latitude 54.01
South Bounding Latitude 53.71
East Bounding Longitude -129.4
West Bounding Longitude -129.8
Temporal Extent
Begin
2022-09-11
End
2022-09-11
Vertical Extent
Min
30.0
Max
2100.0
Default Locale English
Citation identifier
Code
https://doi.org/10.21966/3qkg-5n18
Projects
  1. Geospatial
  2. Airborne Coastal Observatory
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
Hakai Data Catalogue
Description
Science on the Coastal Margin
URL
https://catalogue.hakai.org