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USGS CoastCam at Dorado, Puerto Rico: 2022-2023 Calibration Data

April 3, 2025
Two digital video cameras were installed at Dorado, Puerto Rico (PR); camera 1 faced west alongshore and camera 2 faced northeast alongshore. Every hour during daylight hours, daily starting in August 2022, the cameras collected raw video and produced snapshots and time-averaged image products. This data release includes the necessary intrinsic orientation (IO) and extrinsic orientation (EO) calibration data to utilize imagery to make quantitative measurements. The initial IO calibration was completed during a previous camera installation (Brown and others, 2024), a second IO calibration was completed during the deployment period. The cameras are part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research project to study the beach and nearshore environment. USGS researchers analyzed the imagery collected from this camera to remotely sense a range of information including shoreline position, sandbar migration, wave run-up on the beach, alongshore currents, and nearshore bathymetry.

Brown, J.A., Palmsten, M.L., and Swanson, E., 2024, USGS CoastCam at DUNEX: calibration data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1GDP4HR.
Publication Year 2025
Title USGS CoastCam at Dorado, Puerto Rico: 2022-2023 Calibration Data
DOI 10.5066/P13CYA5A
Authors Justin J Birchler, Margaret L Palmsten, Priscila Vargas-Babilonia, Eric (Contractor) R Swanson, Mark Buckley
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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