Beach Erosion: Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California from 1997 to 1998
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During the 1997 to 1998 El Niño season, California's coastlines were hit by major beach erosion causing millions of dollars in damage.
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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
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Visualization of 1997 Esplanade Drive looking eastward
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Visualization of 1998 Esplanade Drive looking eastward
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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.)
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| Animation Number: | 645 |
| Animator: | Alex Kekesi (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 1999-01-01 |
| Scientists: | William Krabill (NASA/GSFC Wallops) |
| | Serdar Manizade (NASA/GSFC Wallops) |
| Instrument: | Airborne Topographic Mapper |
| Data set: | 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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More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/pr460m.html
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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