BEACH PROFILE

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BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESRod and Level – Emery Method

http://www.ambios.co.uk

mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us

English Method

Spanish Method

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESGPS METHOD – PUSH CART

www.nrl.navy.mil

http://cdip.ucsd.edu/SCBPS

Guza

http://cil-www.coas.oregonstate.edu:8080/

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESGPS METHOD – ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE

frf.usace.army.mil

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESGPS METHOD – CRAB

GPS RECEIVER

Water-filled tires

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESGPS METHOD – JET SKI

bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/ocean/jshore

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESRADAR AND VIDEO

Trizna, ISR

TRACK WAVE PHASE SPEED, THEN APPLY DEPTH INVERSION

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESAIRBORNE LIDAR

http://www.optech.ca/aboutlaser.htm

Red bounces off surface, green bounces off bottom.

BEACH PROFILE – MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESGROUND-BASED LIDAR

swash zone

toe of dunes~60 m

~100 m

3x vertical exaggeration

berm

cusps

Art

LIDAR

Beach Map

Elevation Contours