Other ID: Cape Lookout National Seashore - North Core Banks Field Work
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Sara Zeigler, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Jin-Si Over
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Sonar: Single Beam, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect ground truth data on North Core Banks that validate landcover types, erosion and accretion in newly formed ponds from Hurricane Dorian (2019) and subsequent recovery. Install semi-permanent ground control points (large 3x3 ft painted black and white targets).
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Morehead City, NC
End Port/Location: Portsmouth Island, Long Point Cabins
Start Date: 2022-10-16
End Date: 2022-10-21
Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Sampling scoop, DJI Matrice, Spectra Precision SP80, Reconnaissance, Kogger SONAR 2D, Altum-PT, Parrot Anafi, Ricoh GR II
Information to be Derived: Grain size, bathymetry, topography, vegetation identification.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Set up and occupied with the base five semi-permanent ground control targets, got sand samples transects across 3 study sites, used kayaks to grab a few sediment samples from the ponds, performed drone (M600 and Anafi) and bathymetry (YellowCat) surveys on three ponds, and characterized conditions and vegetation at more than a hundred sites with RTK, phone camera, and visual identification. We added several RTK ground point transects at the ends of the North Core Banks.
Staff: Alexandra Evans, Jennifer Cramer, Jin-Si Over
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Funding project name is Project name is "Hurricane Florence Changes at Cape Lookout".
Location:
Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Core Banks, Cateret County, North Carolina
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 35.07608873 | South: 34.83184115 | West: -76.36239627 | East: -75.99407961 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |  YellowCat |
Over, J., Sherwood, C., 2023, The Dynamic Sands of North Core Banks: URL: https://geonarrative.usgs.gov/dynamicsandsofncb/.
Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Cramer, J.M., Evans, A.D., and Zeigler, S.L, 2023, Topographic, bathymetric, multispectral, vegetation, sediment, and supporting GPS data collected on North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina in October 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-034-FA (ver. 2.0, December 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99IV3FC.
Sherwood, C., Warner, J., Over, J., Hegermiller, C., 2023, Modeling Delivery of Sand to the Coastal Ocean During a Washout Event, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, US, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1403257.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab sampler | Used to take sediment sample from a pond - dropped off a kayak | Biology Geology | 2022034FA_NCB_SedimentSamples (Sediment sample analysis data from ponds to the beach on North Core Banks, NC in October 2022. These grain-size and organic content analysis data may be used in numerical models of coastal dynamics and to better understand how the channels and ponds formed during Hurricane Dorian fill in.) |
| Sampling scoop | Small trowel used to take surface sediment samples | Geology | |
| DJI Matrice | UAS platform used with Ricoh GRII and Altum-PT | Navigation | |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | Used to take GPS points for ground truthing and for ground control points | Navigation | NCB Ground Control Points: Temporary and Permanent (Positional information of ground control points used in UAS flights and for future aerial surveys) |
| Reconnaissance | Notes and smartphone images were taken at various randomly generated points in the region of interest and of the general landscape. | Ground Truthing | NCB Landscape and vegetation photos and ground truthing data (Landscape and vegetation data and photos can be used for landcover classifications and ground truthing of aerial imagery.) |
| Kogger SONAR 2D | single-beam echosounder | Single Beam | NCB Bathymetry Data (Kogger Raw files can be read as an echogram with free Kogger App, data has also been parsed into a CSV for location and depth information.) |
| Altum-PT | MicaSense system to take 7-band images (RGB, NIR, Red-Edge, Thermal) | Photo | Altum-PT Digital Surface Models (U.S. Geological (USGS) researchers use the digital surface models (DSMs) to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. The products span three sites on North Core Banks that can be compared to previous aerial survey products.) |
| Parrot Anafi | UAS for taking video | Video Navigation Photo | |
| Ricoh GR II | Digital camera used to take photos | Photo |
