Field Activity 2020-653-FA

Identifier 2020-653-FA
Alternate names Rincon CoastCam
Purpose CoastCam installation to monitor waves on a coral reef on the west side of Puerto Rico for the purposes of coastal wave and inundation models
Location Caribbean Sea Mona Straight
Summary USGS Installation of Argus Camera system at Tres Palmes (Rincon). UPR Installation of current meters and wave gauges owned by USGS.
Info derived Images
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-671-FA.
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Rincon, Puerto Rico 2020-01-17
End Rincon, Puerto Rico 2020-05-31
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -67.35441079
East -67.17591847
North 18.41447273
South 18.24500305

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt StorlazziOlivia CheritonKurt Rosenberger
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Joshua Logan
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Miguel Canals, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series, Imagery, Environmental Data
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography), Photo, Wave, Current

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
instrumentmooring Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
camera Photo 1
wavegauge Wave 1
current meter Current (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Rincon, Puerto Rico, wave and water level data, 2020 wavegauge Wave data from pressure based wave gauges Kurt Rosenberger

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
TresPalmasPR_c2_timestacks instrumentmooring Timestack imagery and coordinate data Shawn R Harrison
TresPalmasPR_c2_timestacks camera Timestack imagery and coordinate data Shawn R Harrison

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity