Area of Operations: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: January 28, 2010 to March 01, 2010
Chief scientist: John Warner
Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; George Voulgaris, University of South Carolina; Jesse McNinch, Army Corps of Engineers; Jeff Book, Naval Research Laboratory
Objectives: Observe coastal change in the near shore area of Cape Hatteras.
Type of Activity: Sampling; Mooring work; Photography; Shoreline mapping;
Information to be derived: Grain size analysis
Shoreline erosion
Sea floor map
Bathymetric maps
LIDAR, RADAR, aerial survey
Summary: Time series instrumentation was deployed at 14 sites in the nearshore area, a video camera was mounted on the lighthouse, a coastal radar was installed on the beach. Targets for aerial surveys were installed on the beach.
Contact: Brandy Armstrong (barmstrong@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier L-11-10-NR. Visit this site for more information.
Related Links: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/cccp/
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2010/07/
| 
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey