Other ID: CACO-02 2022
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): Olivia De Meo, 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 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: 2022-01-01
End Date: 2022-12-31
Equipment Used: Vaisala weather transmitter, Argus camera system
Information to be Derived: Periodic trips to maintain and service CoastCam site and meteorological station at Marconi Beach on Cape Cod National Seashore as part of this ongoing project.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Meteorological measurements and CoastCam imagery were taken at Marconi Beach, MA during 2022. The cameras were visited for regular maintenance to clean the camera lenses and change batteries. Unfortunately, the camera system went down during the first week of October. We are working to purchase a replacement system. Some gaps occur in the meteorological measurements due to battery failure and the sensor freezing during cold weather.
Staff: Jin-Si Over, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Alexander Olson, Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: These are recurring trips to maintain CoastCam CACO-02 and weather station at Marconi Beach as part of this project. This FA shall cover events and data collected in calendar year 2022.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-019-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 |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaisala weather transmitter | --- | Meteorology | |
| Argus camera system | --- | Other Imagery Video |
