Measuring Beach Profiles along a Low-Wave Energy Microtidal Coast, West-Central Florida, USA
Monitoring storm-induced dramatic beach morphology changes and long-term beach evolution provides crucial data for coastal management. Beach-profile measurement using total station has been conducted along the coast of west-central Florida over the last decade. This paper reviews several case studie...
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doaj-f903d979badc4c4d929e9a1b7f62f2a62020-11-25T01:08:04ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632016-10-01644410.3390/geosciences6040044geosciences6040044Measuring Beach Profiles along a Low-Wave Energy Microtidal Coast, West-Central Florida, USAJun Cheng0Ping Wang1Qiandong Guo2School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USASchool of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USASchool of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USAMonitoring storm-induced dramatic beach morphology changes and long-term beach evolution provides crucial data for coastal management. Beach-profile measurement using total station has been conducted along the coast of west-central Florida over the last decade. This paper reviews several case studies of beach morphology changes based on total-station survey along this coast. The advantage of flexible and low-cost total-station surveys is discussed in comparison to LIDAR (light detection and ranging) method. In an attempt to introduce total-station survey from a practical prospective, measurement of cross-shore beach profile in various scenarios are discussed, including: (1) establishing a beach profile line with known instrument and benchmark locations; (2) surveying multiple beach profiles with one instrument setup; (3) implementation of coordinate rotation to convert local system to real-earth system. Total-station survey is a highly effective and accurate method in documenting beach profile changes along low-energy coasts.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/6/4/44beach profilebeach erosionGPStotal-survey stationwest-central Florida |
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Measuring Beach Profiles along a Low-Wave Energy Microtidal Coast, West-Central Florida, USA |
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Measuring Beach Profiles along a Low-Wave Energy Microtidal Coast, West-Central Florida, USA |
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Monitoring storm-induced dramatic beach morphology changes and long-term beach evolution provides crucial data for coastal management. Beach-profile measurement using total station has been conducted along the coast of west-central Florida over the last decade. This paper reviews several case studies of beach morphology changes based on total-station survey along this coast. The advantage of flexible and low-cost total-station surveys is discussed in comparison to LIDAR (light detection and ranging) method. In an attempt to introduce total-station survey from a practical prospective, measurement of cross-shore beach profile in various scenarios are discussed, including: (1) establishing a beach profile line with known instrument and benchmark locations; (2) surveying multiple beach profiles with one instrument setup; (3) implementation of coordinate rotation to convert local system to real-earth system. Total-station survey is a highly effective and accurate method in documenting beach profile changes along low-energy coasts. |
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beach profile beach erosion GPS total-survey station west-central Florida |
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