A LiDAR survey commissioned by Fugro in March 2022 covers four soft sedimentary areas along the north coast of Northern Ireland: Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach to Magilligan. The survey was conducted to assess coastal changes following Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice, and Storm Franklin, with data provided in a format consistent with a 2021 baseline survey. This dataset is the Digital Terrain Model derived from that post-storm LiDAR data.
Use Cases
- Quantifying coastal erosion based on post-storm LiDAR elevation data.
- Comparing pre- and post-storm terrain to assess storm damage along specific beaches.
- Monitoring soft sediment coastline changes over time using the 2021 baseline survey.
- Informing coastal management and resilience planning for the surveyed Northern Irish beaches.
Strengths
- Data is temporally specific, captured in March 2022 following three named storms.
- Spatial coverage is explicitly defined for four distinct coastal areas in Northern Ireland.
- Data format is consistent with a prior 2021 survey, enabling direct change analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific surveyed coastlines.
Provenance
- Source
- OpenDataNI
- Collection Method
- LiDAR survey commissioned by Fugro.
- Time Range
- March 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-18 11:23:16.488041; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach to Magilligan on the north coast of Northern Ireland.