Thursday, September 20, 2012
GRAV-D Begins Collaborative Survey with the Alaska Fire Service (NGS)
The Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) Project is about to begin an airborne gravity survey aboard an aircraft owned by the Bureau of Land Management's Alaska Fire Service. The Pilatus PC-12 aircraft allocated for the survey is primarily tasked with fire spotting in Alaska and the lower 48 states during the fire season. Starting with the three to four week survey in and around Fairbanks, Alaska, GRAV-D operations aboard the PC-12 will continue through March with similar surveys in Indiana, Texas, and New Mexico. The surveys support the GRAV-D mission to create a new vertical reference system for the nation that will improve floodplain mapping and help mitigate risks for coastal communities from tsunamis, hurricanes, and storm surges. For more information, contact Vicki Childers.
