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Beach Erosion: Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California from 1997 to 1998
During the 1997 to 1998 El Niño season, California's coastlines were hit by major beach erosion causing millions of dollars in damage.

An animation showing the erosion of the beach near Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California during the El Nino season from 1997 to 1998, from airborne laser altimetry data. At the end of the animation, the image dissolves to an actual photograph from 1998    An animation showing the erosion of the beach near Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California during the El Nino season from 1997 to 1998, from airborne laser altimetry data. At the end of the animation, the image dissolves to an actual photograph from 1998
Duration: 24.0 seconds
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Visualization of 1997 Esplanade Drive looking eastward    Visualization of 1997 Esplanade Drive looking eastward

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Visualization of 1998 Esplanade Drive looking eastward    Visualization of 1998 Esplanade Drive looking eastward

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Photograph of the northern coast of Pacifica, CA. (Photograph courtesy of the USGS.)    Photograph of the northern coast of Pacifica, CA. (Photograph courtesy of the USGS.)

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Photograph of the southern coast of Pacifica, CA. (Photograph courtesy of the USGS.)    Photograph of the southern coast of Pacifica, CA. (Photograph courtesy of the USGS.)

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Video slate for this animation    Video slate for this animation

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Animation Number:645
Completed:1999-01-01
Animator:Alex Kekesi (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:William Krabill (NASA/GSFC Wallops)
 Serdar Manizade (NASA/GSFC Wallops)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Airborne Topographic Mapper
 Airplane/Airborne Topographic Mapper/Topography
Data Collected:1997/10/12, 1997/10/13, 1998/04/15, 1998/04/18
Series:Beach Erosion
Video:SVS1999-0011 *
Keywords:
SVS >> Erosion
SVS >> Pacifica
GCMD >> Location >> California
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