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Research article
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19 Feb 2021
Research article |
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| 19 Feb 2021
Coastal change patterns from time series clustering of permanent laser scan data
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Roderik Lindenbergh
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Sander Vos
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Sandy coasts are areas that undergo a lot of changes, which are caused by different influences, such as tides, wind or human activity. Permanent laser scanning is used to generate a three-dimensional representation of a part of the coast continuously over an extended period. By comparing three unsupervised learning algorithms, we develop a methodology to analyse the resulting data set and derive which processes are dominating changes in the beach and dunes.
Sandy coasts are areas that undergo a lot of changes, which are caused by different influences,...
