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Digital surface model representing Marconi Beach, Wellfleet on March 11, 2022

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2022-03-11

Citation

Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Traykovski, P.A., and Bartlett, M.K., 2022, Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA in March 2022, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-014-FA: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L1KCQB.

Summary

The data in this release map the beach and nearshore environment at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2021 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2022-014-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region that falls within the field of view of CoastCam CACO-02, which are two video cameras aimed at the beach. In March 2022, U.S Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to map the CoastCam field of view. Elevation data were collected using a real time kinematic satellite navigation [...]

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2022014FA_Marconi_DSM_browse.JPG
“Elevation-colored image of topography data collected on Marconi Beach, Wellfleet”
thumbnail 146.37 KB image/jpeg
2022014FA_Marconi_DSM_25cm_cog.tif
“Digital Surface Model”
2.88 MB image/geotiff

Purpose

Digital surface model (DSM) is part of an elevation dataset of Marconi Beach for use by the public, researchers, and others to observe ground conditions and change over time.

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