Presentation Abstract
Boat-based lidar of Puget Sound shorelines collected by the Washington State Department of Ecology are developed to provide a comprehensive inventory, classification, and analyses of site conditions and variability. For example, quantitative metrics of shoreline characteristics are derived from DEMs such as bluff crest height, bluff slope, bluff toe elevation, beach slope, and shoreline armoring elevations. These metrics can then be compiled and compared within and among drift cells to determine regional variability such as differences between updrift and downdrift beaches and the effect of fetch, orientation, and other exposure variables. Certain features can also be correlated to characterize how the shoreline landscape may be affecting nearshore ecosystem services. For example, variability and gradients in beach slope and width may be correlated to proximity to feeder bluff activity and the position, length, and elevation of armoring relative to the shoreline and backshore. Upland development and shoreline modification may be correlated to the amount of overhanging vegetation, large woody debris, or beach wrack, and these findings can be compared to conditions at undeveloped shorelines. Details in the lidar point clouds, such as intensity values, can help identify groundwater seepage and potential bluff failure and erosion mechanisms. The complementary photos to the lidar point clouds provide additional documentation of bluff geology, stratigraphy, groundwater flow, and other characteristics to help assess relative bluff stability.
Session Title
Posters: Monitoring: Species & Habitats
Keywords
lidar, Puget Sound, Beach, Bluff, Topography, Mapping, Shoreline armor, Overhanging vegetation, Beach wrack, Armor encroachment
Conference Track
SSE18: Posters
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE18-100
Start Date
5-4-2018 11:30 AM
End Date
5-4-2018 1:30 PM
Type of Presentation
Poster
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events); posters
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Coastal mapping--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Cliffs--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Coastal sediments--Washinton (State)--Puget Sound; Watershed management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Washington (State). Department of Ecology
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
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Puget Sound shoreline inventory and assessment using boat-based lidar
Boat-based lidar of Puget Sound shorelines collected by the Washington State Department of Ecology are developed to provide a comprehensive inventory, classification, and analyses of site conditions and variability. For example, quantitative metrics of shoreline characteristics are derived from DEMs such as bluff crest height, bluff slope, bluff toe elevation, beach slope, and shoreline armoring elevations. These metrics can then be compiled and compared within and among drift cells to determine regional variability such as differences between updrift and downdrift beaches and the effect of fetch, orientation, and other exposure variables. Certain features can also be correlated to characterize how the shoreline landscape may be affecting nearshore ecosystem services. For example, variability and gradients in beach slope and width may be correlated to proximity to feeder bluff activity and the position, length, and elevation of armoring relative to the shoreline and backshore. Upland development and shoreline modification may be correlated to the amount of overhanging vegetation, large woody debris, or beach wrack, and these findings can be compared to conditions at undeveloped shorelines. Details in the lidar point clouds, such as intensity values, can help identify groundwater seepage and potential bluff failure and erosion mechanisms. The complementary photos to the lidar point clouds provide additional documentation of bluff geology, stratigraphy, groundwater flow, and other characteristics to help assess relative bluff stability.
