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A high-resolution 4D terrestrial laser scan dataset of the Kijkduin beach-dune system, the Netherlands

Sandy coasts form the interface between land and sea and their morphologies are highly dynamic. A combination of human and natural forcing results in morphologic changes affecting both nature values and coastal safety. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a technique enabling near-continuous monitori...

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Main Authors: Vos, Sander (Author) , Anders, Katharina (Author) , Kuschnerus, Mieke (Author) , Lindenbergh, Roderik (Author) , Höfle, Bernhard (Author) , Aarninkhof, Stefan (Author) , de Vries, Sierd (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 28 April 2022
In: Scientific data
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/s41597-022-01291-9
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01291-9
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01291-9
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Author Notes:Sander Vos, Katharina Anders, Mieke Kuschnerus, Roderik Lindenbergh, Bernhard Höfle, Stefan Aarninkhof, Sierd de Vries
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Summary:Sandy coasts form the interface between land and sea and their morphologies are highly dynamic. A combination of human and natural forcing results in morphologic changes affecting both nature values and coastal safety. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a technique enabling near-continuous monitoring of the changing morphology of a sandy beach-dune system with centimetre-order accuracy. In Kijkduin, The Netherlands, a laser scanner sampled one kilometre of coast at hourly intervals for about six months. This resulted in over 4,000 consecutive topographic scans of around one million points each, at decimetre-order point spacing. Analysis of the resulting dataset will offer new insights into the morphological behaviour of the beach-dune system at hourly to monthly time scales, ultimately increasing our fundamental scientific understanding of these complex geographic systems. It further provides the basis for developing novel algorithms to extract morphodynamic and geodetic information from this unique 4D spatiotemporal dataset. Finally, experiences from this TLS setup support the development of improved near-continuous 3D observation of both natural and anthropogenic scenes in general.
Item Description:Gesehen am 05.05.2022
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/s41597-022-01291-9

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