Other ID: none
Status: Completed
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): Legna Torres-Garcia, Margaret Palmsten, Mark Buckley
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): David Thompson
Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Location-Elevation: Transects, Imagery: Video, Environmental Data: Wave, Environmental Data: Current
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure waves, currents and runup to improve Total Water Level forecasts.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Dorado, Puerto Rico
End Port/Location: Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
Start Date: 2022-08-08
End Date: 2022-08-16
Equipment Used: RBR Virtuoso pressure sensor, Sofar Spotter buoy, Pressure Logger, GPS Backpack, Digital Video, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Information to be Derived: wave parameters, currents, water levels and runup
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: David Thompson, Billy Reynolds, Justin Birchler
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Isla Verde and Dorado, Puerto Rico
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.50565666 | South: 18.40926076 | West: -66.32445277 | East: -65.96331351 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Birchler, J.J., Palmsten, M.L., Vargas-Babilonia, P., Swanson, E., Buckley, M.L., 2025, USGS CoastCam at Dorado, Puerto Rico: 2022-2023 Calibration Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13CYA5A.
Birchler, J.J., Vargas-Babilonia, P., Buckley, M.L., Palmsten, M.L., Thompson, D.M., Galbraith, B.A., Perez-Squeo, L.D., 2025, Beach Profile Data Collected From Dorado, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1O6S4NV.
Birchler, J.J., Vargas-Babilonia, P., Buckley, M.L., Palmsten, M.L., Thompson, D.M., Galbraith, B.A., Perez-Squeo, L.D., 2025, Beach Profile Data Collected From Isla Verde, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13VHFF2.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBR Virtuoso pressure sensor | --- | Current Depth ORP Turbidity pH Dissolved Oxygen Fluorescence Conductivity Tide Wave Pressure | |
| Sofar Spotter buoy | --- | Meteorology Pressure Temperature Wave | |
| Pressure Logger | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| GPS Backpack | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | YYYYMMDD_DoradoPR_XYZ (Processed beach profile data collected YYYYMMDD from Dorado, Puerto Rico) YYYYMMDD_IslaVerdePR_XYZ (Processed beach profile data collected on YYYYMMDD at Isla Verde, Puerto Rico) |
| Digital Video | --- | Video | dorado_c#_date_EO (DELETE) dorado_c#_date_IO (Images to solve camera intrinsic orientation along with solved parameters for camera 1 (c1) and 2 (c2) on date) |
| Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) | --- | Current Depth Pressure Temperature Tide Wave | |
| Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) | --- | Current Depth Pressure Temperature Tide Wave |
