Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements (LQ00DYN)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Traykovski, WHOI Nick Lowell, Lowell Instruments
Information Specialist(s): Ellyn Montgomery
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure overwash depths, wave properties, velocities, and estimate sediment transport rates, use drone to acquire images of beach
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
End Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
Start Date: 2015-01-25
End Date: 2015-02-11
Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Other, Grab sampler, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series of pressure, velocity, photos, bathy/topo maps from UAS images
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Time series of pressure, velocity, photos from UAS, locations and elevations of ground control points
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Patrick Dickhudt
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Multiple short trips to Sandwich to assist with surveying, deploy and recover instruments.
Location:
Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.77059331 | South: 41.7581558 | West: -70.487 | East: -70.47070444 |
Platform(s):
Unknown |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) | --- | Photo Video Navigation | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |
