Airborne laser study quantifies El Niño-induced coastal change
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
By: Asbury H. Sallenger Jr., William Krabill, John H. Brock, Robert Swift, Mark Jansen, Serdar Manizade, Bruce Richmond, Monty Hampton, and David Eslinger
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Abstract
Winter storms during the 1997–1998 El Niño caused extensive changes to the beaches and cliffs of the west coast of the United States, a NASA-NOAA-USGS investigation using a scanning airborne laser has found. For example, near Pacifica in central California, the cliff eroded locally as much as 10–13 m landward during the El Niño winter, at least 40 times the long term average erosion rate. However, only several hundred meters away the cliff was stable. This variability in cliff response may be related to differences in local beach changes where an accreting beach protected part of the cliff and an eroding beach exposed another part to attack by waves.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Airborne laser study quantifies El Niño-induced coastal change |
| Series title | Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |
| DOI | 10.1029/99EO00056 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Contributing office(s) | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |
| First page | 89 |
| Last page | 92 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Pacific Coast |
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