Other ID: CACO-01 2019
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):
Information Specialist(s): Jin-Si Over
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To characterize the beach and nearshore morphology and evaluate the USGS Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast. Use of CoastCam camera station(s) to visualize and map the beach and nearshore region to determine the types of bar morphologies, their persistence and temporal variability, and the relationship of these changes to wave and water-level conditions.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Truro, MA
End Port/Location: Truro, MA
Start Date: 2019-12-12
End Date: 2019-12-31
Equipment Used: Argus camera system
Information to be Derived: Initial intrinsic calibration and images from the deployment of CoastCam CACO-01 and periodic trips to maintain it at Head of Meadow Beach, Truro, MA on Cape Cod National Seashore as part of this ongoing project.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: J. Borden and C. Sherwood collected 186 intrinsic calibration photos in MOF parking lot. Location for CACO-01 was cleared and posts were installed in 2019-041-FA. Camera went online Dec 13th and collected images during 2019 with occasional outages for a total of 2,496 photos for c1 and 2,298 photos for c2. 12/12: C. Sherwood and J. Bordon intrinsic calibration in back of MOF 12/13: M. Martinni, J. Bordon, C. Sherwood, E. Marsjanik installed batteries and cameras 12/16: J. Bordon and E. Marsjanik visited camera and found water in lens and loosened cables and redressed seams 12/18: J. Bordon replaced desiccant in camera
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Steven Suttles, Marinna Martini, Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Supporting field work, but no data were collected under a separate field activity (2019-041-FA) for CoastCam. This was retroactively created by J. Over on 3/3/2024 to account for data collection and events for 2019.
Location:
Head of Meadow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.06564923 | South: 42.04925015 | West: -70.10426044 | East: -70.06906986 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Marsjanik, E.D., Borden, J.S., Martini, M.A., and Lange, A.M.Z., 2026, USGS CoastCam CACO-01 at Head of the Meadow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2019 to 2024)—Imagery and Calibration Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95C0DGM.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argus camera system | --- | Other Imagery Video |
