1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2023-022-FA

Identifier 2023-022-FA
Alternate names Cape Cod Hurricane Lee Pre- and Post- Elevation Surveys
Purpose To collect pre and post elevation data for Hurricane Lee on the Outer Cape.
Location Head of the Meadow Beach, Marconi Beach, Nauset Light Beach
Summary GPS data (elevation transects) were collected at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches before and after Hurricane Lee. Base station and rover were used at HoM and Marconi, the CORs network was used at Nauset. A reference mark was established in the Nauset Light parking lot. Drones (3DR Solo and Parot Anafi) were used at Nauset Light to collect photos of the Nauset Light Beach before and after the storm. Aeropoints were used as ground control.
Info derived elevation profiles, photos for structure-from-motion
Comments Mira Anderberg joined as well - she is not in the WH database Over, Anderberg, Bartlett, Sherwood 9/13 Over, Cramer, Anderberg 9/14 Over, Bartlett, Anderberg, Sherwood 9/19 Over, Cramer, Brosnahan 9/20
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole 2023-09-12
End Cape Cod National Seashore 2023-09-20
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -70.10815431
East -69.91259764
North 42.08843948
South 41.70408804

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer M Cramer
Scientist, Staff
Jin-Si R Over
Scientist, Staff
Marie K Bartlett
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jin-Si R Over
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ricoh GR II Used to take overlapping RGB photos Photo 3
Parrot Anafi used to take video of the beach Video, Navigation, Photo (no data reported)
Aeropoint targets ground control points Navigation, Transects, Profiles 1
Digital camera Google Pixel smartphone Photo 1
3DR Solo mRo UAS flown with Ricoh attached Navigation (no data reported)
Spectra Precision SP80 used to take ground truthing points Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023022FA_HxLee_DSM Ricoh GR II Digital surface models representing Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee (two separate digital surface models) Jin-Si R Over
2023022FA_HxLee_Ortho Ricoh GR II Orthomosaics representing Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee (two separate orthomosaics) Jin-Si R Over
2023022FA_HxLee_UASimagery Ricoh GR II Low-altitude aerial imagery collected from a UAS at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham, MA on September 14 and 20, 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee. Dataset includes CSV of image locations. Jin-Si R Over
2023022FA_HxLee_ContextPhotos Digital camera Landscape and contextual field work photos, with locations, taken in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches in CACO, MA Jin-Si R Over

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023022FA_HxLee_GPS Aeropoint targets Ground control points and GPS data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches in CACO, MA Jin-Si R Over
2023022FA_HxLee_GPS Spectra Precision SP80 Ground control points and GPS data collected in September 2023, pre and post Hurricane Lee at Head of the Meadow, Marconi, and Nauset Light beaches in CACO, MA Jin-Si R Over

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Images collected during this field activity, from the Imagery Data System

872 images are associated with this activity.