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

Field Activity 2025-002-FA

Identifier 2025-002-FA
Alternate names HR_GHG
Purpose To collect data related to the restoration of the Herring River coastal ecosystem.
Location Cape Cod National Seashore Herring River restoration
Summary Gas flux and CTD measurements are completed. Raw data files and field notes are stored in WHSC network folders.
Info derived GHG fluxes, porewater salinity and elevation, geochemistry of water and sediments.
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from the following field activities: 2024-001-FA; 2023-004-FA, 2022-011-FA, 2021-026-FA, 2020-019-FA, 2019-018-FA.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Wellfleet, MA 2025-01-01
End Wellfleet, MA 2025-12-31
Activity events
Start date End date Description Account
2025-02-04 2025-02-04 Routine maintenance on eddy co-variance flux tower sensors at Old County Typha site. RTK wells at Duck Harbor. Emily Tacke and Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles.
2025-03-07 2025-03-07 Routine maintenance on eddy co-variance flux tower sensors at Old County Typha site. Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles and Rachel Einecker.
2025-03-25 2025-03-25 Meagan and Jen to Tower for download
2025-03-27 2025-03-27 Meagan and Emily to tower to switch out sonic anemometer.
2025-04-08 2025-04-08 Meagan and EMily to tower to add GPS back in and download.
2025-04-21 2025-04-21 Routine maintenance on eddy co-variance flux tower sensors at Old County Typha site. Meagan Eagle
2025-06-04 2025-06-05 Install tower at Duck Harbor; Meagan Eagle, Alex Nichols, Ryan Simone, Liam Johnson
2025-06-12 2025-06-12 Core at High Toss, Hopkins, Phrag, Old County. Jen O'Keefe Suttles, Ryan Simone, Liam Johnson, Hannah Clark
2025-07-15 2025-07-15 Meagan HRo: got up and running again. HRD: Tried to install anemometer, not working.
2025-07-18 2025-07-18 Meagan HRD trouble shoot anemometer
2025-07-29 2025-07-29 Meagan HRD trouble shoot SmartFlux3
2025-08-07 2025-08-07 HRO routine maintenance, HRD trouble shoot anemometer. Meagan Eagle, Jennifer O'Keefe Suttles.
2025-09-04 2025-09-04 ME to HRo and HRD for routine maintenance and downloading.
2025-09-26 2025-09-26 Meagan to HRo and HRd for download and maintenance.
2025-10-16 2025-10-16 Mission critical local travel is needed to protect property following a major coastal storm. Equipment installed at the Cape Cod National Seashore will be evaluated for structural integrity. Maintenance and/or replacement will be completed as necessary. No additional field work or sampling will be performed. Sites: HRo and HRd. Staff: MJE, JOKS.
2025-11-20 2025-11-20 HRo and HRdh maintenance and data download. ME
2025-12-11 2025-12-11 HRd and HRo download. Swap CTDs at well locations. Remove DHB and DHC wells. Meagan Eagle, Lee Vanderveen, Alex Nichols. GX26LQ00UTH1400
2025-12-18 2025-12-18 Meagan and Jen to tower sites to get HRd working, download HRo.
Bounds
West -70.08934021
East -70.02204895
North 41.96714867
South 41.91556322

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Meagan J Eagle
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series, Sampling
Data type: Geochemical Monitoring, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
InSitu BaroTroll 500 Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)
In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Geochemical Monitoring, Conductivity, Depth, Temperature (no data reported)
Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower Geochemical Monitoring (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity