Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summary of Summer 2016 Digital Survey #1

Normandeau Associates Inc (2016). Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summary of Summer 2016 Digital Survey #1 . Report by Normandeau Associates Inc. Report for New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

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Abstract

The first summer survey for the Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy has been completed for the New York Offshore Planning Area (OPA) and Wind Energy Area (WEA). Survey began on 26 July 2016 and finished 9 August 2016. The survey used the Shearwater II camera system at 1.5 cm GSD, and a Piper Aztec twin engine aircraft was used at the planned flight height of 1020 ft. The survey team was based out of MacArthur Airport in Long Island, NY for the duration of the survey.