Other ID: Marconi Beach CoastCam 2025 (CACO-03, CACO-04, CACO-05)
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, Location-Elevation: Navigation
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.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Wellfleet, MA
End Port/Location: Wellfleet, MA
Start Date: 2025-01-01
End Date: 2025-12-31
Equipment Used: Argus camera system, Vaisala weather transmitter, Emlid RS3
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: The CoastCam at Marconi was moved twice during 2025 due to eroding bluffs. The CoastCam known by CACO-03 was moved back in January of 2025 to the position CACO-04, and then in November 2025 it was moved back again to the position CACO-05. During the year, cameras c1 and c2 were maintained periodically by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and USGS personnel to clean lenses and fix parts. Camera was not fully operational for the full year, see AWS buckets for dates camera was active. But when active, camera continued to take and store video and images. Three extrinsic calibrations were completed with limited success on 2025-11-04 due to pole height error on Emlid RS3. The weather station successfully collected data throughout the year.
Staff: Athina Lange, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Jin-Si Over, Eric Marsjanik
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: These are recurring trips to maintain CoastCam 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.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-002-FA.
Location:
Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.89801806 | South: 41.88651741 | West: -69.96934891 | East: -69.95555878 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argus camera system | --- | Other Imagery Video | |
| Vaisala weather transmitter | --- | Meteorology | |
| Emlid RS3 | --- | Navigation |
