Field Activity 2016-043-FA

Identifier 2016-043-FA
Purpose Monitor changes in beach and nearshore topograpy and habitat
Location Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary A UAS survey was conducted to further enhance our capacity. This one is for the pre-winter baseline.
Info derived additional late summer beach elevation data for benchmarks
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-013-FA. The purpose of this work is to map the pre-winter beach shape as a baseline.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole 2016-09-21
End Woods Hole 2016-09-21
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.491
East -70.47006607
North 41.77207984
South 41.76102377

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Ellyn Montgomery
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ellyn Montgomery
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Photo, Video, Navigation 1
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2016043FA_Sandwich_ASimages Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Geotagged low-altitude aerial imagery from Unmanned Aerial System flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2016-09-21 Christopher R Sherwood

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2016SandwichTNB_GCPs Spectra Precision SP80 Surveyed positions of ground control points associated with images collected during unmanned aerial systems flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016 Christopher R Sherwood
2016SandwichTNB_transects Spectra Precision SP80 Surveyed positions of transect points associated with images collected during unmanned aerial systems flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts on January 22, February 11, March 30 and September 21, 2016 Christopher R Sherwood

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
SandwichTNB_2016-2017_DSM Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 10 cm 2016-2017 digital elevation models derived from structure from motion of UAS flights. Christopher R Sherwood
SandwichTNB_2016-2017_ortho Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 5 cm 2016-2017 orthomosaics derived from structure from motion of UAS flights. Christopher R Sherwood
2016SandwichTNB_image_locations Listing of file names, positions and altitudes of images collected during unmanned aerial systems flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016 Christopher R Sherwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity