Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-002-FA

Other ID: CACO-02 2024

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): Olivia De Meo, Jin-Si Over

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To characterize the beach and nearshore morphology and evaluate the USGS Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast. Use of CoastCam camera station to visualize and map the beach and nearshore region to determine the types of bar morphologies, their persistence and temporal variability, and the relationship of these changes to wave and water-level conditions. Meteorlogical measurements will be made at the CoastCam location to supplement data on nearshore circulation processes, especially during the summer-early fall deployments that overlap with the shark behavior research.

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Start Port/Location: Wellfleet, MA

End Port/Location: Wellfleet, MA

Start Date: 2024-01-01

End Date: 2024-12-31

Equipment Used: Emlid RS3, Spectra Precision SP80, Vaisala weather transmitter, Argus camera system

Information to be Derived: Periodic trips to maintain and service CoastCam site and meteorological station at Marconi Beach on Cape Cod National Seashore as part of this ongoing project.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: CACO02 camera 1 collected 20,040 images (9 GB), camera 2 collected 19,913 (10 GB) from Jan 5 to Sep 9 (not all days have photos or the same number of photos per day). CACO02 was also moved back from the bluff edge (see events). A new camera CACO03 was installed back from the bluff edge; camera 1 collected 24,350 photos (85 GB) and camera 2 collected 24,461 photos (33 GB) from Jul 23 to Dec 31. The MET station recorded data throughout the year and was moved once (see events)

Staff: Athina Lange, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Jin-Si Over, Eric Marsjanik

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Notes: These are recurring trips to maintain CoastCam CACO-02 and weather station at Marconi Beach as part of this project. This FA shall cover events and data collected in calendar year 2024.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-019-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-008-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-006-FA.

Location:

Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

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