Post-Storm Coastal Orthophotography of Northern Ireland

Fugro captured this natural colour orthophotography dataset in March 2022 to assess damage from Storm Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin along four soft sediment beaches on Northern Ireland's north coast. The imagery was collected as part of a post-storm LiDAR survey to quantify changes since a 2021 baseline survey. Data was formatted to match a prior 3D coastal survey for direct comparison of coastal erosion and accretion.

Use Cases

• Quantifying beach erosion and accretion by comparing 2022 post-storm imagery to the 2021 baseline survey.
• Assessing storm damage severity to sandy beaches at Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach.
• Informing coastal management and defense strategies by visualizing topographic changes from successive storm events.
• Supporting change detection analysis by using data formatted to match the Northern Ireland 3-Dimensional Coastal Survey.

Strengths

• Data is formatted for direct comparison with a 2021 baseline topographic LiDAR survey, enabling precise change detection.
• Covers four specific, named coastal areas impacted by three documented storms in February and March 2022.
• Available under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data structure are unknown, limiting immediate analytical use.
• Metadata for size, row count, and author is missing or inconsistent across platforms.
• The listed last update date of 2026-04 15 appears to be a metadata artifact, not a data update.

Provenance

Source

Fugro, commissioned for the survey. Published via Government Digital Service on EU and UK open data platforms.

Collection Method

Aerial LiDAR survey with accompanying natural colour orthophotography capture.

Time Range

March 2022

Freshness

2026-04-15 14:22:00.726841 (Note: This appears to be a metadata update, not a data collection date. The survey was conducted in March 2022.)

Geography

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