Field Activity 2023-006-FA

Identifier 2023-006-FA
Alternate names CACO-02 2023
Purpose 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.
Location Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary Met station and camera was serviced seven times. Batteries and SIM cards were replaced as needed.
Info 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.
Comments 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 2023. 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.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Wellfleet, MA 2023-01-01
End Wellfleet, MA 2023-12-31
Days in the field 6
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2023-02-02 2023-02-02 Personnel: Eric Marsjanik and Olivia De Meo. Powered off met station, downloaded data, replaced big battery with another big battery, powered on met station. Swapped out computer box with new sim card for cameras. Cleaned camera lenses.
2023-02-22 2023-02-22 Personnel: Olivia De Meo and Eric Marsjanik. Powered off met station, downloaded data, replaced big battery with D-cell batteries, powered on met station.
2023-05-10 2023-05-10 Personnel: Olivia De Meo and Eric Marsjanik. Powered off met station, downloaded data, converted met station to solar panel, powered on met station.
2023-07-25 2023-07-25 Personnel: Olivia De Meo and Eric Marsjanik. Powered off met station, downloaded data, powered on met station.
2023-09-13 2023-09-13 Personnel: Olivia. Powered off met station, downloaded met data, powered on met station.
2023-09-19 2023-09-19 Personnel: Olivia. Powered off met station. Downloaded data from SD card. Powered on met station.
2023-11-17 2023-11-17 Personnel: Olivia and Bo. Downloaded met data. Removed both camera car batteries to bring back to MOF to charge.
2023-12-31 2023-12-31 removing event - technically it should be its own new field activity as the year is up. See new Activity
Bounds
West -69.96934891
East -69.95555878
North 41.89801806
South 41.88651741

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Eric D. Marsjanik
Scientist, Staff
Jin-Si R Over
Scientist, Staff
Olivia A De Meo
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jin-Si R Over
Specialist, Information
Olivia A De Meo
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Environmental Data
Data type: Video, Meteorology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Argus camera system Other Imagery, Video (no data reported)
Vaisala weather transmitter Meteorology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity