AKA: none
Other ID: Tres Palmas, Rincon, Puerto Rico, time-series camera installation
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coral Reef Science for Coasts (ZP00TY5)
Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Shawn Harrison
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Profiles, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Install time-series cameras to monitor waves and wave run-up on the beach. Collect GPS measurements for camera registration and calibration.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Rincon, Puerto Rico
End Port/Location: Rincon, Puerto Rico
Start Date: 2019-07-15
End Date: 2019-07-26
Equipment Used: Trimble R10, camera
Information to be Derived: Time-series imagery of waves and wave run-up on the beach. Elevation profiles of the beach for calibration.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GPS data collected and cameras installed.
Staff: Daniel Nowacki, Cordell Johnson, Shawn Harrison
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Tres Palmas, Rincon, Puerto Rico
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.36169423 | South: 18.34181665 | West: -67.2879982 | East: -67.25692749 |
Platform(s):
 on foot | Other |
Buckley, M.L., Buscombe, D., Birchler, J.J., Palmsten, M.L., Swanson, E., Brown, J.A., Itzkin, M., Storlazzi, C.D., Harrison, S.R., 2024, Wave runup and total water level observations from time series imagery at several sites with varying nearshore morphologies: Coastal Engineering, v. 193, 104600 p., doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104600.
Harrison, S.R., Buckley, M.L., Johnson, C., Nowacki, D.J., Canals, M., Evans, C., Logan, J., Storlazzi, C.D., Birchler, J.J., Palmsten, M.L., Swanson, E., Johnson, E.L., 2024, USGS CoastCam at Tres Palmas, Rincón, Puerto Rico: Calibration and GNSS Topography Survey Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P142AXUJ.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R10 | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | TresPalmasPR_XYZ_20190721 (Post-processed GNSS ground-survey data) |
| camera | --- | Photo | TresPalmasPR_c2_ 20190721_calibrationIOEO_ exampleImagery (Example imagery used to solve intrinsic and extrinsic parameters) TresPalmasPR_c2_20190719_IO (Images to solve camera intrinsic orientation along with solved parameters ) TresPalmasPR_c2_20190721_EO (Images to solve camera extrinsic orientation (raw and annotated) along with solved parameters and Ground Control Point (GCP) data) |
