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Marsh Monitoring with Drones Project
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Coastal Geospatial Horizons Workshop
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Venue: UMD UAS Research and Operations Center, 44181 Airport Road, California, MD 20619
Maryland Sea Grant held the Coastal Geospatial Horizons Workshop last August at the University of Maryland, UAS Research and Operations Center in California, Maryland. The workshop brought together scientists and drone pilots to explore collaboration and exchange information about operating drones in marsh research.
Read our blog summarizing the workshop.
View and download the workshop report.
Marsh Monitoring with Drones Community of Practice
To promote further collaboration, Maryland Sea Grant created a Marsh Monitoring with Drones website with information about projects and researchers working with drones in the Chesapeake Bay area. Researchers and pilots may fill out a quick survey to have their information added to the webpage.
Marsh Monitoring with Drones Introductory Webinar
Maryland Sea Grant facilitated an introductory webinar about marsh monitoring with drones on March 26, 2024.
Speakers:
Kory Angstadt, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Cheryl Doughty, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Scott Lergberg and Alex Demeo, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
Ben Malmgren, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Moderators:
Taryn Sudol and Annalise Kenney, Maryland Sea Grant
For questions about this project, please contact Maryland Sea Grant's coastal resilience coordinator Taryn Sudol at sudol@mdsg.umd.edu.
The Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Collaborative is a group of scientists, coastal managers, decision makers, and community liaisons across Maryland and Virginia focused on applying sea level rise science to stakeholder decision making.
For more information, please contact:
Taryn Sudol
Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
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