Other ID: CACO-01 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): Imagery: Video, Environmental Data: Meteorology
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(s) 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.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Truro, MA
End Port/Location: Truro, MA
Start Date: 2024-01-01
End Date: 2024-12-31
Equipment Used: Argus camera system, Vaisala weather transmitter
Information to be Derived: Periodic trips to maintain CoastCam CACO-01 and meteorological station at Head of Meadow Beach, Truro, MA on Cape Cod National Seashore as part of this ongoing project.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: CACO Camera 1 collected 11,636 images (2.6 GB) from Jan 3 to March 22, CACO Camera 2 collected 11,612 images (3.0 GB) from Jan 3 to March 22. Images were not collected each day within this range, see AWS storage for more details. MET station was turned off at 15:02 on March 14th, 2024. Data was collected from Jan 1 to March 14.
Staff: Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Jin-Si Over, Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: These are recurring trips for the duration of the year 2024 to maintain CoastCam CACO-01 and weather station at Head of the Meadow Beach as part of this project.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-013-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-009-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-005-FA.
Location:
Head of Meadow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.06564923 | South: 42.04925015 | West: -70.10426044 | East: -70.06906986 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Traykovski, P.A., and Anderberg, M.M., 2024, Topographic and bathymetric data, imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, Massachusetts in February and March 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1N57AEG.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argus camera system | --- | Other Imagery Video | |
| Vaisala weather transmitter | --- | Meteorology |
