Interpretation of Shoreline-Position Data for Coastal Engineering Analysis

Abstract

To provide background information and guidance for interpreting shoreline-position data. Such data are analyzed for assessing historic and recent shoreline change, estimating impacts of jetties and navigation channels on adjacent shorelines, formulating sediment budgets, and calibrating and verifying numerical models of shoreline response. This Technical Note reviews definitions of the shoreline, their relation to the data sources, and characteristics of the observed shoreline shape or signal that reflects the acting processes and measurement procedure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA591274

Entities

People

  • Julie Dean Rosati
  • Nicholas C. Kraus

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerial Photographs
  • Aerial Photography
  • Boundaries
  • Cartography
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Data Sets
  • Engineering
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Information Systems
  • New York
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Summer
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.