| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N23721/01 |
| Title: |
SYNERGY OF GPS DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY & INSAR FOR COASTAL ZONE MONITORING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Mills, Professor JP |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering and Geosciences |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2000 |
Ends: |
31 March 2003 |
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62,573
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Coastal & Waterway Engineering |
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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| Environment |
Water |
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The issue of coastal zone management is becoming increasingly important to Maritime Councils and Operating Authorities who are faced with problems of erosion, flooidng, landslips and other phenomena that affect coastal assets within their administrative boundaries. Of growing importance in the management process is the monitoring of sensitive areas of coastaline in order to better understand the mechanisms and to try and predict the coastal evolution. Despite the importance attached to this in many Shoreline Management Plans, no satisfactory solution to systematically monitor large areas of coastline currently exists.This proposal will determine the optimum solution for coastal monitoring issues by deriving synergy from three integrated measurement technologies. These technologies are the Global Positioning System (GPS), digital photogrammetry and Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR). Individually, each is capable of providing a partial contribution towards monitoring coastal change. Through incorporating GPS and digital photogrammetry together using the technique of least squares surface matching and utilising all-weather InSAR imagery to provide regular updates to the model, an optimum deformation assessment technique for large areas of coastaline will be developed.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |