Other ID: CACO-01 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): 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(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: 2022-01-01
End Date: 2022-12-31
Equipment Used: Argus camera system, Vaisala weather transmitter
Information to be Derived: Periodic trips to maintain CoastCam CACO-01 and meteorological 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: Meteorological measurements and CoastCam imagery were taken at Head of the Meadow Beach, MA during 2022. The cameras were visited for regular maintenance to clean the camera lenses and change batteries. Some gaps occur in the meteorological measurements due to battery failure and the sensor freezing during cold weather.
Staff: Jin-Si Over, Alexander Olson, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Supporting data was collected under a separate field activity (2021-014-FA) for CoastCam topobathy collected under this FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-013-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 | --- | Other Imagery Video | |
| Vaisala weather transmitter | --- | Meteorology |
