Citizen science for monitoring seasonal‑scale beach erosion and behaviour with aerial drones.

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2021Author
Pucino, Nicolas
Kennedy, David M.
Carvalho, Rafael C.
Allan, Blake
Ierodiaconou, Daniel
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Sandy beaches are highly dynamic systems which provide natural protection from the impact of waves
to coastal communities. With coastal erosion hazards predicted to increase globally, data to inform
decision making on erosion mitigation and adaptation strategies is becoming critical. However, multitemporal
topographic data over wide geographical areas is expensive and time consuming and often
requires highly trained professionals. In this study we demonstrate a novel approach combining citizen
science with low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles that reliably produces survey-grade morphological
data able to model sediment dynamics from event to annual scales. The high-energy wave-dominated
coast of south-eastern Australia, in Victoria, is used as a field laboratory to test the reliability of our
protocol and develop a set of indices to study multi-scale erosional dynamics. We found that citizen
scientists provide unbiased data as accurate as professional researchers. We then observe.....
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83477-6Journal
Scientific ReportsVolume
11Issue
Article 3935Page Range
17pp.Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.aEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83477-6Citation
Pucino, N., Kennedy, D.M., Carvalho, R.C. et al. (2021) Citizen science for monitoring seasonal-scale beach erosion and behaviour with aerial drones. Sciebtific Reports 11:3935, 17pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83477-6Collections
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