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South Carolina's Annual State of the Beaches Report March 2003
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Abstract
The following report summarizes changes to South Carolina's beaches during the past year. The results are based on beach profile surveys conducted during 2002 at approximately 400 monitoring stations throughout the state. Surveys start at a benchmark located landward of the primary dune or seawall, and at most stations continue down the beach face to a depth of -25 ft or an offshore distance of 5000 ft, whichever is reached first. Across the dune, data is collected on foot using a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. On the upper beach and intertidal beach (at low tide), data is collected using a GPS receiver mounted on an ATV 4-wheeler. For the offshore portion of the profile, data is collected from a boat with a GPS receiver and fathometer. These three data sets can then be integrated into one seamless beach profile, which shows a cross-section of the beach shape at the time of the survey. The 2002 data can then be compared to similar data from 2001 to determine what changes have occurred to the beach profile during the past year.
Issue Date
2003-03
Keywords
Beaches--South Carolina, Beach erosion--South Carolina, Shore protection--South Carolina, Coast changes--South Carolina
Type
Text
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