RT journal article
T1 Video-Monitoring Tools for Assessing Beach Morphodynamics in Tidal Beaches
A1 Montes Pérez, Juan Bautista
A1 Del Río Rodríguez, Laura
A1 Plomaritis, Theocharis
A1 Benavente González, Javier
A1 Puig Fuentenebro, María
A1 Simarro, Gonzalo
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
A2 Física Aplicada
K1 video-monitoring system
K1 shoreline
K1 digital elevation model
K1 EOFs
K1 beach variability
AB Beach behaviour and evolution are controlled by a large number of factors, being susceptibleto human-derived pressures and the impacts of climate change. In order to understand beachbehaviour at different scales, systematic monitoring programs that assess shoreline and volumetricchanges are required. Video-monitoring systems are widely used in this regard, as they are costeffectiveand acquire data automatically and continuously, even in bad weather conditions. Thiswork presents a methodology to use the basic products of low-cost IP video cameras to identifyboth the cross-shore and long-shore variability of tidal beaches. Shorelines were automaticallyobtained, digital elevation models (DEMs) were generated and validated with real data, and theoutputs were combined to analyse beach behaviour from a morphodynamic perspective. Theproposed methodology was applied to La Victoria Beach (SW Spain) for the analysis of beachvariations over a 5-year period. The combination of shoreline position analysis and data from DEMsfacilitates understanding and provides a complete overview of beach behaviour, revealing alongshoredifferences in an apparently homogeneous beach. Furthermore, the methods used allowed us tointer-relate the different processes occurring on the beach, which is difficult to achieve with othertypes of techniques.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-4292
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32476
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32476
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026