Other ID: none
Status: Ongoing
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (GX.25.MN00.U0310.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Margaret Palmsten
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Justin Birchler, Eric Swanson, Margaret Palmsten
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Meteorology, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect imagery for quantifying coastal processes.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL
End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL
Start Date: 2022-01-26
End Date: 2024-12-31
Equipment Used: Meteorological Station, Digital Camera
Information to be Derived: Images: time-average (timex), time-variance, brightest, darkest - saved as jpegs and netcdf files. Image products: pixel timestacks - saved as netcdf files.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: New Madeira Beach CoastCam. A pair of I2RGUS cameras mounted in same position as old camera. Camera1 view is wider and similar to old camera, Camera2 view is narrower and looking more towards water. Cameras have a small amount of overlap.
Staff: Michael Itzkin, Eric Swanson, Jennifer (Jenna) Brown, Justin Birchler
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-363-DD. Actual funding project is GX.22.MN00.U0330.00 X Tech Capab TWL&CC.
Location:
Madeira Beach, FL
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.802516 | South: 27.788327 | West: -82.798977 | East: -82.78657 |
Platform(s):
Itzkin, M., Palmsten, M.L., Buckley, M.L., Birchler, J.J., 2025, Hourly Sediment Moisture Content, Salinity, and Temperature Measurements for Madeira Beach, Florida, USA (January 25 â August 31, 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1QIZ879.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meteorological Station | --- | Temperature Meteorology | Met_Station_Data (Wind speed, gust speed, wind direction, air pressure, rainfall, air temperature, relative humidity, and dew point measured every 5 minutes at Madeira Beach) |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video |
