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UAS Flight Detail Metadata Guide

This page provides description of the variables included in the Flight Detail metadata. Use this to guide completion of the Flight Detail metadata template.

Platform Description Metadata Content - Click links below for full description

Flight name | Site | Start date time | End date time | Flight boundary | Flight height | Forward overlap | Side overlap | Flight speed | Weather conditions | Brightness | Light type | Cloud cover | Cloud type | Surface wetness | Days since last rain event |

Flight name

Variable name flight_identifier
Requirement level required
Unit or format free text
Description Individual flight identifier
Example KG014

Site

Variable name site_identifier
Requirement level required
Unit or format free text
Description Site name
Example Kougarok Road MM64

Start date time

Variable name date_time_start
Requirement level required
Unit or format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
Description Start of flight date and time
Example 2018-07-26 03:27:56 UTC

End date time

Variable name date_time_end
Requirement level required
Unit or format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
Description End of flight date and time
Example 2018-07-26 03:32:51 UTC

Flight boundary

Variable name flight_bound
Requirement level required
Unit or format free text
Description Boundary of flight area
Example See kmz file

Flight height

Variable name flight_height
Requirement level required
Unit or format m
Description Flight height program setting, indicate AGL (above ground level) or AMSL (height above average mean sea level)
Example 40 AGL

Forward overlap

Variable name forward_overlap
Requirement level required
Unit or format percentage
Description Forward overlap program setting
Example 85

Side overlap

Variable name side_overlap
Requirement level required
Unit or format percentage
Description Side overlap program setting
Example 85

Flight speed

Variable name flight_speed
Requirement level required
Unit or format m/s
Description Flight speed program setting
Example 5

Weather conditions

Variable name weather_condition
Requirement level optional
Unit or format free text
Description Summary of wind speed, temperature, cloud cover
Example 5 mph, 25 ¡C, 10% cloud

Brightness

Variable name brightness
Requirement level optional
Unit or format free text or controlled vocabulary: bright/dim/dark
Description Descriptor of light quality during flight
Example bright

Light type

Variable name light_type
Requirement level optional
Unit or format free text or controlled vocabulary: direct/diffuse/variable
Description Descriptor of light type during flight
Example direct

Cloud cover

Variable name cloud_cover
Requirement level optional
Unit or format percentage
Description Estimate of percentage cloud cover during flight
Example 50

Cloud type

Variable name cloud_type
Requirement level optional
Unit or format free text
Description Dominant cloud cover type during flight
Example cirrus

Surface wetness

Variable name surface_wetness
Requirement level optional
Unit or format free text or controlled vocabulary: dry/moist/wet
Description Descriptor of surface moisture conditions
Example dry

Days since last rain event

Variable name last_rain
Requirement level optional
Unit or format numeric
Description Days since last rain event
Example 10