Argus Beach Monitoring at North Head, Washington

Joan Oltman-Shay, Michael Horgan, Kent Hathaway, Tom Lippmann, Frank Smith, and (just arrived) Chad Budworth

Site E

2 miles; 3.22 km

1km

4km

MCR

North HeadLighthouse

Sponsor:

US Army Corps

Portland District Office

GCPs at North Head

Merged and Rectified Images:

North Head, Washington

Panoramics using Cameras 4, 5, 6, and 7 4 June 2004 (low tide) 5 June 2004 (high tide)

Plan Views using Cameras 4, 5, 6, and 7 4 June 2004 (low tide) 5 June 2004 (high tide)

SOW for North Head

Joint Effort: NWRA, ERDC, & O(hio)SU

NWRA Public Outreach - web site & community presentations by Joan (Qualitative) monitoring of waves over Site E Mapping of shoreline and bar locations Intertidal sand volume changes Incident wave peak period and direction (alpha array) Quarterly reporting and data dissemination

ERDC – Hathaway (with NWRA providing pixel collection) Swash statistics Longshore (and perhaps cross-shore currents)

OSU – Lippmann (with NWRA providing tape collection) PIV analysis of surface currents

North Head Camera 4

North Head Camera 5

4 alongshore positions in C5 fov

(and eventually C1 and C2)

1km

jetty

Co-located:

6, 10, and 12 sec-period array-designs

C5

40m