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Coastal migration via satellite data

The shoreline is a highly dynamic land-sea interface that provides important services such as ecology, flood

protection and recreation. It is constantly modified by wind, waves and tides, and impacted by human activity.

Hence, the decadal change of shorelines reflect natural processes as well as human influence, whether positive

or negative. Climatic-driven changes such as sea level rise, higher waves and changes in wind direction put

increasing pressure on many of Europe’s shorelines.

Knowing how, and at what rate, our coasts are changing is the first step to successfully managing them. The

new EMODnet Geology shoreline-migration map, released today, allows users to visualise pan-European coastal

behaviour for 2007-2017 at different spatial scales. A built-in search and zoom functionality allows online users

to distinguish areas of landward migration (erosion or submergence), stability, and seaward migration (accretion

or emergence). The underlying, downloadable satellite-based dataset offers additional information on annual

values and uncertainty.

With the new map, international policy makers can determine large-scale coastal vulnerability while national

and regional coastal managers are able to fill existing gaps in field-monitoring data and to identify potential

areas of rapid change. The map also provides the general public with a useful insight into one of Europe’s most

obvious climate-change effects. Most importantly, scientists may explain spatial patterns and provide feedback

on methodological advantages as well as shortcomings, thus helping to optimise the big-data methodology

used.

 
Citation proposal
. Coastal migration via satellite data. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6f58fab303bb03214b47c2173156182a7c86c0e2

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Date ( Revision )
2021-11-15T10:15:17
Status
completed Completed

  Point of contact

Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO) - Sytze van Heteren (Coastal and marine geologist )  

Princetonlaan 6 Utrecht NL-3584 CB The Netherlands

  +31 (0)88 866 45 65  
Website
http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/EMODnetGeology/wms  
Denominator
1.0E8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
OnLine resource
tno:coastal_migration_satellite  

Coastal migration via satellite data

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tno:coastal_migration_satellite (MetadataURL)  
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6f58fab303bb03214b47c2173156182a7c86c0e2   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf-8 UTF8
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-11-15
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

  Point of contact

Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO) - Sytze van Heteren (Coastal and marine geologist )  

Princetonlaan 6 Utrecht NL-3584 CB The Netherlands

  +31 (0)88 866 45 65  
Website
http://www.emodnet-geology.eu/geoserver/EMODnetGeology/wms  
 
 

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