PacIOOS Beach Camera 003: Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

A digital camera mounted inside the bell tower of the Mission of Sts. Peter and Paul church was used to photograph the shoreline of Waimea Bay beach park on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. The oblique camera view presented here captures the entire breadth of the beach park looking outwards over Kamehameha Highway towards the southwest. It operated for over 4.5 years between February 5, 2009 and October 14, 2013. Capturing hourly snapshots at a set vantage point during the local daytime hours of 6:00 AM or 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, these images are useful for tracking beach dynamics such as wave run-up, sand movement, turbidity plumes, and Waimea River outflow over time. The camera was mounted in the bell tower windows for a total height of 20 meters above ground level or 31 meters above mean sea level. See also beachcam_004 for an alternate camera view from the same location pointing further offshore inside of Waimea Bay.

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2023-10-17

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Distributor Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Point of Contact Mark A. Merrifield
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
mamerrifield@ucsd.edu
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Originator Mark A. Merrifield
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
mamerrifield@ucsd.edu
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
General Documentation
Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2009-02-06
issued: 2020-02-11
revision: 2009-02-06
creation: 2009-02-06
issued: 2020-02-11
revision: 2009-02-06
creation: 2009-02-06
issued: 2020-02-11
revision: 2009-02-06
Purpose PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Time Period 2009-02-06T03:00:00Z to 2013-10-15T03:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 21.64358° S: 21.64358° E: -158.0634° W: -158.0634°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery

GCMD Platform Keywords
  • In Situ Land-based Platforms

GCMD Instrument Keywords
  • Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Photon/Optical Detectors > Cameras

CF Standard Name Table v71
  • altitude
  • height
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • time
Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu > North Shore
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu > Waimea Bay
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement 2009-02-06T03:00:00Z UH/SOEST (M.A. Merrifield) asset deployed. 2013-10-15T04:00:00Z Asset decommissioned. 2020-02-11T22:00:00Z Added to PacIOOS ERDDAP data server.
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platform In Situ Land-based Platforms
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Attribution Information
creator_url https://scripps.ucsd.edu/profiles/mamerrifield
infoUrl https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/shoreline/beachcam-waimea/
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standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v71