CIRN Long term sites

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Europe

1. Senigallica Speculator (SGS)
   Senigallia, Italy
   Owner: Universita Politechnica delle Marche/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
   Description: The SGS is long-term video monitoring station for studying coastal, estuarine, and riverine processes at the Misa River mouth on the Adriatic. Cameras are mounted on a harbor security camera pole at 25 m above sea level. Full frame video data are collected at 2 Hz for 10 minutes every hour during daylight hours.

New Zealand

*Cam-Era is a project established in 1997 at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Hamilton, NZ. It's development was separate but parallel to Argus at OSU. Similarities and differences exist in the methods and operational details, but the science is the same. Several Cam-Era observatories have been established, some privately owned and maintained while others have been made publicly available by generous regional councils (e.g. Waikato Regional Council). For questions about Cam-Era, contact Michael Allis at NIWA.

1. Raglan Cam-Era
   Raglan, New Zealand
   Owner: Waikato Regional Council
   Status: Established in 2007 and is still recording
   Description: 2 cameras, Raglan A and Raglan B mounted approximately 98 m above msl on a building at the southern end of Ngarunui Beach and overlooking the beach, tidal inlet, and ebb-tidal delta.
   Video images are captured at 2Hz for 20 minutes every half-hour of daylight. Video burst data is processed onsite and send to NIWA in Hamilton via ftp every night. Still images are posted online in near real-time.
   Both cameras are 3.1MP Imagenex Lumenera's with 22.5mm Fujinon lenses. They are controlled by NIWA image capture software running on a Windows desktop mounted in the building. The process is completely automated, but is equipped with remote login for changes to the sampling schedule, and telephone-assisted restart capabilities.
   The entire dataset of imagery is available through licensed agreement with Waikato Regional Council.
   Recent scientific investigation using the Raglan Cam-Era data were performed by Karin Bryan, Rafael Guedes, Shawn Harrison, and more...

2. Tairua Cam-Era Tairua, New Zealand
   Owner: Waikato Regional Council Status: operational Description: 1 camera, Tairua mounted high on Paku hill looking northward over Tairua beach.
   Video images are captured at 2Hz for 20 minutes every half-hour of daylight. Video burst data is processed onsite and send to NIWA in Hamilton via ftp every night. Still images are posted online in near real-time.

The entire dataset of imagery is available through licensed agreement with Waikato Regional Council.
Recent scientific investigation using the Raglan Cam-Era data were performed by Karin Bryan, Rafael Guedes, Brice Blossier, Christopher Daly, and more...

3. Pauanui Cam-Era Pauanui, New Zealand
   Owner:
   Status: operational
   Description: 2 cameras, Pauanui North mounted high on Paku hill looking southward over the Tairua inlet and Pauanui beach, and Pauanui South mounted of high on a coastal cliff looking northward over Pauanui beach.
   Video images are captured at 2Hz for 20 minutes every half-hour of daylight.

4. New Brighton Pier
   Christchurch, New Zealand
   Owner:
   Status: Awaiting repair

USA

1. Santa Cruz Cam (SCC)
   Santa Cruz, California
   Owner: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (Contact: Shawn Harrison: [email protected])
   Description: The SCC is (newly established) long-term video monitoring station test-bed for remote sensing coastal change. The station has two cameras mounted on top of a hotel at 36 m above sea level. The fields of view are disjoint, with Camera 1 facing towards the East overlooking Main beach and boardwalk while Camera 2 looks towards the South overlooking Cowells beach. The region of interest is known for interannual and seasonal morphodynamic behavior including the intermittently open/closed San Lorenzo River mouth and large sediment lobes that move around the headland into Cowells beach. Full frame video data are collected at 2 Hz for 10 minutes every hour during daylight hours for Argus image products, and pixel instruments gather wave run-up, vBar, and cBathy stacks every hour during daylight.