AKA: none
Other ID: Sunset State Beach camera GCP work
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Next Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecasts ()
Principal Investigator(s): Li Erickson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Remote sensing coastal change; shoreline change, nearshore sandbar evolution, river mouth bar morphology
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Start Date: 2022-12-05
End Date: 2022-12-06
Equipment Used: camera, navigation
Information to be Derived: Positions of GCPs for camera calibration.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected one image for each GCP. The GCP consisted of a black and white target on a 4'x4' sheet of pegboard. The reference point for the GCPs is the bottom of the target on the sand at the vertical black/white line of the tarp (not the center of the target on the "X").
Staff: Jackson Currie, Evan Dailey, Gerry Hatcher
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-659-FA.
Location:
Sunset State Beach, Santa Cruz county, California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.89698855 | South: 36.8785221 | West: -121.84206963 | East: -121.82361603 |
Platform(s):
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| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| camera | --- | Photo | |
| navigation | --- | Navigation |