Other ID: none
Status: Cancelled
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Remote Sensing Coastal Change (ZP00GJA), Barrier Evolution (MN00F1F)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Ellyn Montgomery
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor coastal erosion, test ability to map grain size using UAS.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
End Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
Start Date: 2018-04-23
End Date: 2018-04-26
Equipment Used: Quadrats, digital under/above water camera, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Sample containers
Information to be Derived: Map coastal morphology, texture, and vegetation. Hand samples and photos to ground-truth UAS data.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Seth Ackerman, Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Ellyn Montgomery, Elizabeth Pendleton, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-019-FA
Location:
Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.77704062 | South: 41.75584443 | West: -70.50235748 | East: -70.45971749 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quadrats, digital under/above water camera | --- | Photo | |
| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) | --- | Photo Video Navigation | |
| Sample containers | --- | Biology Geology |
