Other ID: Cape Cod Hurricane Lee Pre- and Post- Elevation Surveys
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): Jin-Si Over
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Imagery: Photo
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect pre and post elevation data for Hurricane Lee on the Outer Cape.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole
End Port/Location: Cape Cod National Seashore
Start Date: 2023-09-12
End Date: 2023-09-20
Equipment Used: Ricoh GR II, Parrot Anafi, Aeropoint targets, Digital camera, 3DR Solo mRo, Spectra Precision SP80
Information to be Derived: elevation profiles, photos for structure-from-motion
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GPS data (elevation transects) were collected at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches before and after Hurricane Lee. Base station and rover were used at HoM and Marconi, the CORs network was used at Nauset. A reference mark was established in the Nauset Light parking lot. Drones (3DR Solo and Parot Anafi) were used at Nauset Light to collect photos of the Nauset Light Beach before and after the storm. Aeropoints were used as ground control.
Staff: Sandra Brosnahan, Jennifer Cramer, Jin-Si Over, Marie Bartlett
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Mira Anderberg joined as well - she is not in the WH database
Over, Anderberg, Bartlett, Sherwood 9/13
Over, Cramer, Anderberg 9/14
Over, Bartlett, Anderberg, Sherwood 9/19
Over, Cramer, Brosnahan 9/20
Location:
Head of the Meadow Beach, Marconi Beach, Nauset Light Beach
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.08843948 | South: 41.70408804 | West: -70.10815431 | East: -69.91259764 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Anderberg, M.M., Bartlett, M.K., and Cramer, J.M., 2023, Topographic data, imagery, and ground control data collected in September 2023 pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GA5RJD.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricoh GR II | Used to take overlapping RGB photos | Photo | 2023022FA_HxLee_DSM (Digital surface models representing Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee (two separate digital surface models)) 2023022FA_HxLee_Ortho (Orthomosaics representing Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee (two separate orthomosaics)) 2023022FA_HxLee_UASimagery (Low-altitude aerial imagery collected from a UAS at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee. Dataset includes CSV of image locations.) |
| Parrot Anafi | used to take video of the beach | Video Navigation Photo | |
| Aeropoint targets | ground control points | Navigation Transects Profiles | |
| Digital camera | Google Pixel smartphone | Photo | 2023022FA_HxLee_ContextPhotos (Landscape and contextual field work photos, with locations, taken in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches in CACO, MA) |
| 3DR Solo mRo | UAS flown with Ricoh attached | Navigation | |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | used to take ground truthing points | Navigation |
