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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH PROCESSES STUDYSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH PROCESSES STUDY
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHYSCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Beaches are Economic Drivers for Tourism
$millions/year in Southern California alone
LEUCADIA, CA – FEB 2002
Coastal erosion threatens public and private safety and property.
In-Situ ATV & JetSki Surveys: San Onofre and Torrey Pines
LIDAR
CDIP Wave Buoys
Insitu Survey
Instrumentation
Insitu Surveys:
Above Waterline (Exposed Beach) to Offshore (8m depth)
Torrey Pines
San Onofre
Optech LIDAR Instruments
(Light Detection and Ranging)
Altitude: 3000 ft
Swath Width: 600 ft
NorthwestSwell
Both San Onofre and Torrey Pines are exposed to North swell.
SouthSwell
Torrey Pines is sheltered from the South by Pt. La Jolla
San Onofre is exposed to South swell
What role does the wave climate play?
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SAN ONOFRELow SeasonalVariation
TORREY PINES High Seasonal Variation
Exposed to southern swell - causing rapid beach recovery after storms
Partially sheltered from south swell – requires much longer time to recover
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/SCBPS
Point & Click Public Website
Ocean Observing CollaborationSeismic Reflection/MultiBeam/LIDAR/CHARTS
Coastal Observing Systems/ SIO Spatial Referencing Center