Footprint: Post-Storm LiDAR Digital Surface Model for Northern Ireland Coast

Fugro conducted a LiDAR survey in March 2022 to assess damage from Storms Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin on Northern Ireland's north coast. This Digital Surface Model covers soft sedimentary areas including Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach to Magilligan. The data format matches a baseline survey from 2021 to enable change analysis.

Use Cases

• Quantify coastal erosion or accretion based on post-storm LiDAR data.
• Model sediment transport and beach profile changes following storm events.
• Assess storm damage to soft sediment coastlines by comparing to a 2021 baseline survey.
• Support coastal management and planning decisions with high-resolution elevation data.

Strengths

• Data is directly comparable to a baseline LiDAR survey from 2021, enabling precise change detection.
• Covers four specific soft sediment coastal areas impacted by three named storms in February and March 2022.
• Provided in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON, CSV, JSON).

Limitations

• Row count and data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Fugro, commissioned for this survey.

Collection Method

Post-storm LiDAR survey.

Time Range

Survey conducted in March 2022, following storms in February and March 2022.

Geography

Soft sedimentary areas along the north coast of Northern Ireland: Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, Downhill Beach to Magilligan.