THE TEXAS SHORELINE CHANGE PROJECT: COMBINING LIDAR, HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, AND GROUND SURVEYS TO MEASURE SHORELINE CHANGE RATES ALONG BAY AND GULF James C.

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THE TEXAS SHORELINE CHANGE PROJECT: COMBINING LIDAR, HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, AND GROUND SURVEYS TO MEASURE SHORELINE CHANGE RATES ALONG BAY AND GULF James C. Gibeaut, William A. White, Roberto Gutierrez, Rachel Waldinger, John R. Andrews, Tiffany L. Hepner, Rebecca C. Smyth, and Thomas A. Tremblay Bureau of Economic Geology John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences The University of Texas at Austin Funding from GLO, NASA, and MMS Texas Coastal Issues Conference 2004

Shoreline Length Gulf = 600 km Bays = 9,400 km

Project Components

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Mapping past and current shorelines

Aerial photography

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Ground kinematic GPS Airborne lidar – shoreline plus beach and dune topographic mapping Calculating “average annual rate of change” and projecting future shoreline position

GIS-based Shoreline Shape and Projection Program (SSAPP) Beach profile ground surveys Data availability and public awareness

Online reports

Web-based GIS using ArcIMS software

Data Sources

Before 1930: Maps from the mid to late 1800’s produced by the U.S. Coast Survey – “high-water line mapped.” Generally not used: Engineering structures altered sediment budget since 1900.

Sand Trapped by Jetty, Southwest end of Bolivar Peninsula (08/07/98)

Data Sources

1930’s to 1990’s - Vertical Aerial Photographs

Zoom-Transfer Scope

Digital Photo Rectification

1995 Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads Serve as Base Maps

USGS/Tx Orthophoto Program

Scanned color IR film, 1-m resolution

Meet 1:12,000 map accuracy standards (90% of test points within10 m)

Our tests show typically within 5 m

Shoreline Interpretation

Wet/Dry Line

Matagorda Bay Gulf of Mexico

Shoreline Interpretation

Shoreline and Vegetation Line Shore and vegetation line

Project Components

• • • •

Mapping shorelines

Aerial photography

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Ground kinematic GPS Airborne lidar – shoreline plus beach and dune topographic mapping Calculating “average annual rate of change” and projecting future shoreline position

GIS-based Shoreline Shape and Projection Program (SSAPP) Beach profile ground surveys Data availability and public awareness

Online reports

Web-based GIS using ArcIMS software

Data Sources

1990’s – Kinematic GPS Surveys

Project Components

• • • •

Mapping shorelines

Aerial photography

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Ground kinematic GPS Airborne lidar – shoreline plus beach and dune topographic mapping Calculating “average annual rate of change” and projecting future shoreline position

GIS-based Shoreline Shape and Projection Program (SSAPP) Beach profile ground surveys Data availability and public awareness

Online reports

Web-based GIS using ArcIMS software

Airborne Topographic Lidar

• • • • • Mirror sweeps laser beam across the ground.

Range to target is determined by measuring time interval between outgoing and return of reflected laser pulse.

Aircraft position is determined using GPS phase differencing techniques.

Pointing direction of laser determined with Inertial Measuring Unit (IMU) and recording of mirror position.

Data streams recorded and synchronized for post processing.

ALTM laser and IMU GPS satellites Aircraft GPS La se r s ca n lin es GPS ground reference station Flight direction

GPS Coastal Network

Texas Study area 0 0 50 100 km 100 mi SABP PTBO USCG PTAR PTOC MATA

Matagorda Bay Corpus Christi Bay

QAIL PTMN

Laguna Madre Mouth of Rio Grande Galveston Bay

Beach profiles GPS base station locations with 50-km radius circles SABP

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Sabine Pass PTBO

Port Bolivar Tide Gauge USCG

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Freeport MATA

Matagorda Jetty Park, USACE mark PTOC

Port O'Connor Tide Gauge PTAR

Port Aransas QAIL

Padre Island National Seashore PTMN

Port Mansfield Tide Gauge SPAD

U.S. Coast Guard Station, South Padre Island SPAD

Lidar Survey Video

Lidar Digital Elevation Model

1 - m grid BEG-02 Beach profile Landward boundary MHHW +0.6 m msl Geotube

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Ellipsoidal heights converted to orthometric heights (NAVD 88) using GEOID99 gravity model.

Local mean sea level (MSL) correction applied.

Gibeaut_CCC_Jan31_2002

QAd496

Galveston Beach

Wet/Dry Line

Lidar Intensity Draped on Topography

Galveston Island Profile

–24 –25 –26 –27 –28 Monument Vegetation Geotube +0.6 m above MSL Wet/dry line Water surface –29 –30 –200 –150 Lidar last return Total station ground survey Lidar last return intensity Vertical exaggeration

50 –100 –50 0 50 100 Distance from monument (m) 150 200 100 50 250 0 400 350 300 250 200 150

3 2 1 0 -1 -2 0

Representative Wet/Dry Elevation

0.6 m along Upper Tx Gulf Coast vegetation line upper berm crest

0.6

MHHW 50 Distance (m) 100

Why Use a Wet/Dry Elevation?

Consistent with historical photography.

Consistent with 2d ground GPS surveys.

Lidar can measure reliably even during elevated water levels.

Geomorphologically significant elevation not as susceptible to short-term erosion/depositional cycles compared to lower elevations.

Project Components

• • • •

Mapping shorelines

Aerial photography

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Ground kinematic GPS Airborne lidar – shoreline plus beach and dune topographic mapping Calculating “average annual rate of change” and projecting future shoreline position

GIS-based Shoreline Shape and Projection Program (SSAPP) Beach profile ground surveys Data availability and public awareness

Online reports

Web-based GIS using ArcIMS software

Shoreline Shape and Projection Program

ArcView Interface

Shoreline Change Rate

200 150 100 50 Mid-term/linear regression rate 0 Shoreline -50 -100 Long-term end point rate -150 -200

Bureau of Economic Geology

-250 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 2060

Year QAb5370c

Projected Shoreline

Galveston Island

Shorelines Used Upper Texas Gulf Coast

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1930 – Optical mapping and transfer to base map 1956 – Optical mapping and transfer to base map 1965 – Optical mapping and transfer to base map 1974 – Digital rectification and mapping 1982 – Digital rectification and mapping 1990 – Optical mapping and transfer to base map 1995/96 – Digital Orthophotos 2000 - Lidar

Digital Rectification Accuracy Comparison with Lidar Points 1974 photos: Standard Deviation= 6.62 ft , 60 pts. Compared 1982 photos: Standard Deviation= 5.51 ft , 97 pts. Compared Probably at least 5 times more accurate than optical methods.

Project Components

• • • •

Mapping shorelines

Aerial photography

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Ground kinematic GPS Airborne lidar – shoreline plus beach and dune topographic mapping Calculating “average annual rate of change” and projecting future shoreline position

GIS-based Shoreline Shape and Projection Program (SSAPP) Beach profile ground surveys Data availability and public awareness

Online reports

Web-based GIS using ArcIMS software

Long-Term Shoreline Change West Beach Galveston Island (Calculated using multiple shorelines from 1930 to 2000.) # ## ##### # # ## ### ## ### ### #### ### # # #### #### ## #### ## ##### # #### #### #### #### ### #### 1 ##### #### 0 #### ##### #### # ##### #### #### # N 1 ##### #### ##### #### ##### ##### #### ### #### # 2 3 Miles ##### #### ##### ##### ## ##### #### # ##### ##### #### ##### # #### ##### #### #### #### # #### ##### #### # ## ##### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Shoreline Change Rate (ft/yr) -10.6 - -10.1

-10.1 - -9.6

-9.6 - -9.1

-9.1 - -8.6

-8.6 - -8.2

-8.2 - -7.7

-7.7 - -7.2

-7.2 - -6.7

-6.7 - -6.2

-6.2 - -5.7

-5.7 - -5.2

-5.2 - -4.7

-4.7 - -4.3

-4.3 - -3.8

-3.8 - -3.3

-3.3 - -2.8

-2.8 - -2.3

-2.3 - -1.8

-1.8 - -1.3

2060 Projected Shoreline

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