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): Location-Elevation: Transects, Imagery: Video, Environmental Data: Meteorology
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 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: Wellfleet, MA
End Port/Location: Wellfleet, MA
Start Date: 2021-01-01
End Date: 2021-12-31
Equipment Used: Plywood targets, Argus camera system, Vaisala weather transmitter
Information to be Derived: Installation of new CoastCam site and meteorologic station at Marconi Beach on Cape Cod National Seashore. Periodic trips to maintain and service instrumentation and equipment as part of this ongoing project.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Cameras collected imagery intermittently from installation to the end of 2021. All images have been uploaded to AWS. Lens cleaning and maintenance occurred on a regular basis from storms/weather. Met Station data was collected. Individual events are catalogued within this activity.
Staff: Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: These are recurring trips to install and maintain a new CoastCam and weather station at Marconi Beach as part of this project. This FA shall cover events and data collected in calendar year 2021.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-013-FA.
Location:
Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.89801806 | South: 41.88651741 | West: -69.96934891 | East: -69.95555878 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Lange, A.M.Z., Over, J.R., and Sherwood, C.R., 2025, USGS CoastCam CACO-02 at Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (2021, 2023, 2024) - Imagery and calibration data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P17OF3UP.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plywood targets | --- | Transects | |
| Argus camera system | Argus camera system CACO02 consists of two cameras, c1 and c2, which are mounted on the bluffs of Marconi 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 |
