Post-Storm Coastal LiDAR and Orthophotography for Northern Ireland, 2022

A March 2022 LiDAR and natural color orthophotography survey of soft sedimentary coastlines in Northern Ireland, commissioned by Fugro following Storm Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin. The data covers Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach to Magilligan. It was collected to assess coastal change against a 2021 baseline survey and is provided by OpenDataNI under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Quantifying coastal erosion or accretion based on post-storm LiDAR elevation data.
• Visualizing storm impact and beach recovery using natural color orthophotography.
• Comparing pre-storm (2021) and post-storm (2022) coastal topography to ascertain change.
• Informing coastal management and resilience planning for specific Northern Ireland beaches.

Strengths

• Data is temporally specific, captured in March 2022 following a series of named storms.
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined for four specific coastal areas in Northern Ireland.
• Data format is consistent with a prior 2021 baseline survey, enabling direct change detection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific surveyed coastlines.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Collection Method

Commissioned LiDAR and orthophotography survey conducted by Fugro.

Time Range

March 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:24:18.641579; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland north coast (Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, Downhill Beach to Magilligan)