Dune Hazard Assessment Tool
Monitoring Shoreline Change
Wetlands Inventory Maps
Susceptibility Analysis
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Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data has many applications
for coastal management, beyond just raw elevation information.
LIDAR can be incorporated into scientific models, used to
derive contours, or used to monitor coastal change. Examples
of these uses in the Northwest are detailed below.
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The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
(DLCD) has employed a dune erosion model that can be used
within a geographic information system (GIS) for hazards
planning. The Center has worked with DLCD to integrate LIDAR
into this model and created the
Dune Hazard Assessment Tool.
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The Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion Study, conducted by
the Washington Department of Ecology, has used LIDAR data
in conjunction with ground elevation
measurements that they have collected in order to plot
shoreline change in Grayland, Washington.
- The Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion Study, also has
used LIDAR data to create
wetlands inventory maps for the city of Westport,
Washington.
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