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Showing 1 to 20 of 342 for “"shoreline"”.
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Investigating Regional Patterns of Shoreline Change
… exists. What are the physical processes driving shoreline change, and over what spatial and temporal scales are they manifest? If forces driving the littoral system change, how does the shoreline respond? Can we attribute observed patterns of shoreline change to a particular process?</p><p>Recent …
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SHORELINE DYNAMICS OF SOUTH AFRICA USING SATELLITE IMAGERY
… which impedes a holistic understanding of shoreline dynamics amid increasing environmental and anthropogenic pressures. This study addressed this critical knowledge gap by utilising a satellite-derived shoreline algorithm (CoastSat) to rectify years of inadequate monitoring and to …
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Machine Learning and remote sensing applications to shoreline dynamics
… automated, and wide-scale determination of shoreline position, and its migration at the engineering scale (10-1 – 102 km), is imperative for future coastal risk adaptation and management. The recent increase in the acquisition and availability of Big Datasets, including multispectral remote …
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Governing coastal risk: the case of Langebaan's disappearing shoreline
… to address coastal risk along the Langebaan shoreline – a coastal town located in the Western Cape, renowned for its tourism, recreation and scenic attributes. However, the Langebaan shoreline is increasingly at-risk from climate-related sea level rise, compounded by inappropriate coastal …
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An Analysis of Shoreline Change at Little Lagoon, Alabama
In Alabama, the term "coastal shoreline" applies to the Gulf shoreline and the shorelines of estuaries, bays, and sounds connected to the Gulf of Mexico and subject to its tides. However, Alabama shoreline studies have yet to include Little Lagoon, which has been connected to the Gulf of Mexico for …
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Shoreline Erosion at Mad Island Marsh Preserve, Matagorda County, Texas
… of Texas (TNC) is concerned with the amount of shoreline erosion taking place at its Mad Island Marsh Preserve (MIMP), located in Matagorda Bay, Texas. The MIMP is a 7,100 acre nature preserve that borders the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and is eroded by waves generated by barge traffic. TNC is …
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A laboratory study of the 'shoreline' detected in video imagery
… The dominant swash zone parameters affecting shoreline detection were found to be the presence or absence of surface foam, site-specific sediment characteristics (especially colour), and water depth. Winter versus summer solar elevation and the sensor zenith were also found to affect the …
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Shoreline recession: past, present, and future, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota
<p>Shoreline erosion is a major problem at Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota. Instrumentation along the eastern shore was initiated in 1983 to measure shoreline recession and determine the processes responsible, with the ultimate goal being the development of a relatively simple equation to predict the …
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Resident Perception of Shoreline Recession in Nags Head, North Carolina
Shoreline recession has become a major concern in many coastal communities. This concern has developed largely because of the tremendous expense associated with trying to save coastal structures from the damage, and even total destruction, that can result from shoreline erosion. While land use …
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Sea level rise and private property rights in shoreline management
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1996.
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An exploration of materials and methods in manufacturing : shoreline membranes
… is a programmatic theme that will revolve around shoreline membranes. They provide a lightweight and flexible system of architecture for many different building types. The investigation will involve the design of a structure in which its conception, function, production, and form are the direct …
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A quantitative analysis of shoreline erosion processes, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota
<p> Shoreline erosion is a problem at Lake Sakakawea and Lake Audubon, North Dakota. Land is lost, water quality is adversely affected, and reservoir storage capacity is decreased. </p><p> Instrumentation of the eastern shores of both lakes began in 1983 to quantify bank erosion by process (e.g., …
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Subsurface controls on mainland marsh shoreline response during barrier island transgressive submergence
… is presently undergoing the highest rates of shoreline erosion (> 15 m yr -1) in North America as wetlands are converted to open water in a regime of subsidence-driven rapid relative sea-level rise (~1 cm yr-1). Three conceptual models were developed based on the geomorphic relationships …
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Creating public access to the shoreline : the California coast and Boston's waterfront
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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