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Beach profiling (Waikato Region)
Beach profiling in the Waikato region for Waikato Regional Council.
Sites are located on beaches on the Eastern Coromandel Peninsula (Port Jackson to Whiritoa inclusive) - apart from one site on the western side (Te Puru School).
Sampling frequency = irregular until 2002, than 6monthly.
Sampling began in 1978 and is ongoing. Number of sites = 34 total (12 beaches).
Extent of site = dune to low water transect (usually less than 200m). Echo sounding at some sites up to 2km offshore.
Number of replicates = 1 per site.
Measured variables = Beach profiles.
Sampling protocol & QA = Since 1996 we have adopted the Emery Pole method of profiling. This involves measuring the change in height between two 1.8 m graduated poles by sighting to a fixed point (usually the horizon) over short distances (3 to 5 metres) measured by a tape measure. More detail in Stewart (2002). Internal QA protocols.
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Citation proposal
. Beach profiling (Waikato Region). https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/d69edec6-8fce-4385-8691-67381384678c |
Simple
- Date
- Credit
- Waikato Regional Council
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
- Website
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Waikato Regional Council
Link to the Waikato Regional Council website
- Keywords
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- marine coastal physical benthic soft beach aerial photography beach profiles sandy beaches erosion transects
- Specific usage
- MEMP
- Use limitation
- Public
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Description
- Eastern Coromandel Peninsula (Port Jackson to Whiritoa inclusive) - apart from one site on the western side (Te Puru School).
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- OnLine resource
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- OnLine resource
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Link to the report and Excel spreadsheet of data for beach profiling.
Link to the report and Excel spreadsheet of data for beach profiling.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Quality assurance was imposed on methods.
Geographic data used NZMG (LINZ) and GIS used to spatially represent geographic data. Temporal data were in NZST.
Data collection information: Local datum used for minimum and maximum values. Beach profiles taken using poles and levels (accuracy of ±5-10cm). Transects usually less than 200m.
Limitation: most sites utilise independent local datums - Moturiki datum has not yet been carried around the Coromandel Peninsula
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- d69edec6-8fce-4385-8691-67381384678c XML
- Date stamp
- 2012-08-07T19:36:09
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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