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Digital surface model representing Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro on March 10, 2022

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2022-03-10

Citation

Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., and Traykovski, P.A., 2022, Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, MA in March 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-015-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GEVWG1.

Summary

These data map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA, providing updated regional context for the 2019 CoastCam installation. CoastCam CACO-01 are two video cameras aimed at the beach that view the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. These data were collected as part of field activity 2022-015-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region. In March 2022, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to re-map the field of view of the CoastCam. Aerial images of the beach for use in structure from motion were taken with a camera (Sony a6000) and a post-processed [...]

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2022015FA_Truro_DSM_browse.JPG
“Elevation-colored image of topography data”
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2022015FA_Truro_DSM_25cm_cog.tif 4.33 MB image/geotiff

Purpose

A high-resolution elevation dataset of Head of the Meadow Beach to observe ground conditions and temporal change and to validate the CoastCam observations.

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