2002 aerial video imaging survey, outer Kenai, Alaska (24-28th, June 2002)
Harper J. 2002. 2002 aerial video imaging survey, outer Kenai, Alaska (24-28th, June 2002). CORI Project: 02-14. Coastal and Ocean Resources INC.
This survey involved the use of digital video camera technology to image the shoreline of the Outer Kenai Peninsula coast at low tide. The unusual features of the survey are: (a) the survey was conducted during the lowest tides of the year so the entire intertidal zone is imaged; (b) the technique is not weather dependent so imagery can be collected in any conditions under which aircraft can fly and; (c) both a coastal ecologist and coastal geomorphologist were in the aircraft providing realtime commentary on intertidal features that may not be visible on the imagery. The survey was conducted by Coastal & Ocean Resources Inc.(CORI), of Sidney, BC under contract to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, located in Anchorage Alaska, and takes place as part of the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Program; a program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.