| Title: |
A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia |
| Authors: |
Turner, IL; Harley, MD; Short, AD; Simmons, JA; Bracs, MA; Phillips, MS; Splinter, KD |
| Source: |
urn:ISSN:2052-4463 ; Scientific Data, 3, 1, 160024 |
| Publisher Information: |
Springer Nature |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks |
| Subject Terms: |
37 Earth Sciences; 4015 Maritime Engineering; 40 Engineering; anzsrc-for: 37 Earth Sciences; anzsrc-for: 4015 Maritime Engineering; anzsrc-for: 40 Engineering |
| Description: |
Long-term observational datasets that record and quantify variability, changes and trends in beach morphology at sandy coastlines together with the accompanying wave climate are rare. A monthly beach profile survey program commenced in April 1976 at Narrabeen located on Sydney's Northern Beaches in southeast Australia is one of just a handful of sites worldwide where on-going and uninterrupted beach monitoring now spans multiple decades. With the Narrabeen survey program reaching its 40-year milestone in April 2016, it is timely that free and unrestricted use of these data be facilitated to support the next advances in beach erosion-recovery modelling. The archived dataset detailed here includes the monthly subaerial profiles, available bathymetry for each survey transect extending seawards to 20 m water depth, and time-series of ocean astronomical tide and inshore wave forcing at 10 m water depths, the latter corresponding to the location of individual survey transects. In addition, on-going access to the results of the continuing monthly survey program is described. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101339; https://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/unsworks_39682; https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.24 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/sdata.2016.24 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/unsworks_39682; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/bitstreams/1268e729-ba90-4e35-affd-61bd6acb6269/download; https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.24 |
| Rights: |
open access ; https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; CC BY ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; free_to_read |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.DE7ACDD0 |
| Database: |
BASE |