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Title: Monitoring interdecadal coastal change along dissipative beaches via satellite imagery at regional scale
Abstract Coastal morphological changes can be assessed using shoreline position observations from space. However, satellite-derived waterline (SDW) and shoreline (SDS; SDW corrected for hydrodynamic contributions and outliers) detection methods are subject to several sources of uncertainty and inaccuracy. We extracted high-spatiotemporal-resolution (~50 m-monthly) time series of mean high water shoreline position along the Columbia River Littoral Cell (CRLC), located on the US Pacific Northwest coast, from Landsat missions (1984–2021). We examined the accuracy of the SDS time series along the mesotidal, mildly sloping, high-energy wave climate and dissipative beaches of the CRLC by validating them against 20 years of quarterlyin situbeach elevation profiles. We found that the accuracy of the SDS time series heavily depends on the capability to identify and remove outliers and correct the biases stemming from tides and wave runup. However, we show that only correcting the SDW data for outliers is sufficient to accurately measure shoreline change trends along the CRLC. Ultimately, the SDS change trends show strong agreement within situdata, facilitating the spatiotemporal analysis of coastal change and highlighting an overall accretion signal along the CRLC during the past four decades.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2103713
PAR ID:
10521743
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
Volume:
1
ISSN:
2754-7205
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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