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

Field Activity 2026-008-FA

Identifier 2026-008-FA
Alternate names 2026 Sandwich Town Neck Beach UAS Surveys
Purpose To collect shoreline and volumetric data following a 2023 USACE nourishment and monitor change and potential loss of property and effectiveness of shoreline stabilization. Support CoastSnap station.
Location Sandwich Beach, Massachusetts
Info derived Lidar data and RGB imagery. Ground truth data.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-028-FA. This field activity should have events please! Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-018-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-015-FA.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2026-03-11
End Falmouth, MA 2026-12-31
Days in the field 3
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2026-03-11 2026-03-11 placeholder event to be updated by information specialist
Bounds
West -70.48630714
East -70.47195625
North 41.76969852
South 41.76108153

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Wingtra Lidar Navigation, LIDAR (no data reported)
Emlid RS3 Navigation (no data reported)
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles (no data reported)
WingtraOne Gen II Navigation, Photo (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity