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Monitoring Coastal Geomorphology

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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

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Coastal engineering and research, management of natural resources, beach and wetland restoration, navigation improvements, and military operations all share the need for copious amounts of data. These data typically are used to evaluate and monitor a specific reach of the coast. Ideally, a coastal monitoring program employs a multidiscipline approach in diagnosing the beach and nearshore zone. Many large programs such as the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Shinnecock Inlet Study (Morang 1999; Militelo and Kraus 2001; Pratt and Stauble 2001) or the Kings Bay Coastal and Estuarine Physical Monitoring and Evaluation Program (Kraus et al. 1994) collect data for a range of physical conditions such as wave climate, the morphology of the beach and nearshore surface, and accretion and erosion trends across and along the shoreline (high-tide line or coastline) under investigation. These collections allow scientists and engineers to understand the coastal processes and their variability in response...

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  1. CERC, US Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, USA

    Andrew Morang

  2. Information Technology Laboratory, US Army Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, USA

    Laurel T. Gorman

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  2. Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, FL, USA

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Morang, A., Gorman, L.T. (2019). Monitoring Coastal Geomorphology. In: Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_219

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