Other ID: CACO Waves
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other), 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
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To deploy a nanopod within view but offshore of the Marconi Camera site. Data collected will help validate the total water level model.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2024-12-09
End Date: 2024-12-09
Equipment Used: shipek grab (WH), Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: waves, currents, grain size, water levels, conductivity, temperature
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Arrived onsite @ 16:21 UTC. Three sediment grab samples collected. Nanopod deployed and on bottom @ 17:21 UTC. Measured bearing to camera.
Staff: Steven Suttles, Eric Marsjanik, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Deployment delayed from original schedule (12/3-4) due to ship scheduling backlog due to bad weather in November.
Location:
Marconi Beach, MA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.96255364 | South: 41.82454868 | West: -70.00350952 | East: -69.88128662 |
Platform(s):
 Tioga |
De Meo, O.A., Suttles, S.E., Marsjanik, E.D., Bales, R.D., and Sherwood, C.R., 2025, Grain-size analysis of sediment samples collected in the nearshore zone offshore of Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA, December 9, 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14KORS8.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| shipek grab (WH) | --- | Geology | caco-waves_grainsize (Grain-size analysis of sediment samples collected in the nearshore zone offshore of Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA, December 9, 2024) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |
