Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (WH) (MN00U03)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Steven Suttles, Jin-Si Over
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Meteorology, 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. Meteorlogical measurements will be made at the CoastCam location to supplement data on nearshore circulation processes, especially during the summer-early fall deployments that overlap with the shark behavior research.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Truro, MA
End Port/Location: Truro, MA
Start Date: 2021-01-01
End Date: 2021-12-31
Equipment Used: Argus camera system, Vaisala weather transmitter
Information to be Derived: Periodic trips to maintain CoastCam and meteorologic station at Head of Meadow Beach, Truro, MA on Cape Cod National Seashore as part of this ongoing project.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Cameras collected imagery intermittently for all of 2021. All images have been uploaded to AWS. Lens cleaning and maintenance occurred on a regular basis from storms/weather. Individual events are catalogued within this activity.
Staff: Eric Marsjanik, Olivia De Meo, Robert Bales
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Mooring#s 1124 and 1125 are associated with this field activity. Supporting data was collected under a separate field activity (2021-014-FA) for CoastCam topobathy collected under this FA.
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 |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argus camera system | Argus camera system CACO01 consists of two cameras, c1 and c2, which are mounted on the bluffs of Head of the Meadow Beach. During daylight hours when operating correctly they each collect a set of 5 images every half hour. These images are sent to a hard drive and also transmitted using a modem to WHCMSC and it is uploaded to AWS. | Other Imagery Video | |
| Vaisala weather transmitter | --- | Meteorology |
