Web Camera Observation Network
Web cameras are a low cost coastal observing platform transforming how environmental monitoring is conducted. Web camera data has demonstrated value to address significant gaps in the nation's ability to monitor and accurately forecast various weather, ocean, ecological and public health hazards. This project, Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS), promotes low cost webcams to:
Over six partners have joined forces to install a web camera, water level sensor, and an air quality monitor at the South Carolina Maritime Museum located on the banks of the Sampit River in Georgetown, SC.
The public can now watch marine mammal releases by The Marine Mammal Center in Point Reyes National Seashore thanks to a new partnership with WebCOOS.
The WebCOOS website was shared as Hurricane Ian was approaching. This new observing system allows users to stream live camera feeds in real-time in some locations, and see snapshot images in other locations.
NOAA released a new operational rip current model that will improve beach safety through sophisticated rip current forecasts. NOAA plans to validate the model using shoreline footage from SECOORA's Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS) network.
SECOORA was awarded a $1.1 million grant to launch a sustained network of low-cost webcams throughout the Southeast, which will build off of the successful pilot project, the Web Camera Applications Testbed.
SECOORA's 2019 Data Challenge Winner, Matthew Conlin, a PhD student at the University of Florida, has developed an easy tool to remotely calibrate web camera images for use in measuring changes in coastal and nearshore environments.
Kamera ya Wavuti ya Wavuti ya Wavuti ni jukwaa la chini la kuchunguza pwani linalobadilisha jinsi ufuatiliaji wa mazingira unavyofanywa. Takwimu za kamera za wavuti zimeonyesha thamani ya kushughulikia mapungufu makubwa katika uwezo wa taifa kufuatilia na kutabiri kwa usahihi hatari mbalimbali za hali ya hewa, bahari, ikolojia na afya ya umma. Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS) ni mradi wa kimataifa wa kamera za pwani za pwani, ambao unashirikiana na kampuni ya South Carolina Maritime Museum, ambayo iko kwenye ukingo wa Mto Sampit, katika jimbo la South Carolina. Maonyesho ya wanyama wa baharini yaweza kuonekana katika kituo cha Marine Mammal Center katika Point Reyes National Seashore, kwa kushirikiana na Webcosmos. Tovuti ya WebCOOS ilishirikiwa wakati Kimbunga Ian kilikuwa kinakaribia. Mfumo huu mpya wa uchunguzi unaruhusu watumiaji kusambaza kamera moja kwa moja kwa wakati halisi katika maeneo fulani, na kuona picha za picha katika maeneo mengine. NOAA imetoa mfano mpya wa sasa wa uendeshaji wa rip ambayo itaboresha usalama wa pwani kupitia utabiri wa kisasa wa sasa wa rip. NOAA imepanga kuthibitisha mfano huo kwa kutumia picha za pwani kutoka kwa mtandao wa SECOORA wa Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS). SECORA ilipewa ruzuku ya $ 1.1 milioni kuzindua mtandao wa kudumu wa kamera za wavuti za gharama nafuu kote Kusini Mashariki, ambayo itajenga mradi wa majaribio uliofanikiwa, Webcam Applications Testbed. Mshindi wa changamoto ya data ya SECORA ya 2019, Matthew Conlin, mwanafunzi wa PhD katika Chuo Kikuu cha Florida, amebuni chombo rahisi cha kupima picha za kamera ya wavuti kwa mbali kwa matumizi katika kupima mabadiliko katika mazingira ya pwani na karibu.