British Geological Survey (BGS) data includes repeat terrestrial laser scans of protodunes over a three-hour period on 12 August 2016. The dataset also contains wind speed measurements from a 2D sonic anemometer and sediment transport data from Wenglor fork sensors. Grain size data for sand on the protodune from 2016 and saltating grains from 2019 are included.
Use Cases
- Modeling protodune evolution based on high-resolution topographic change data from repeat TLS scans.
- Correlating sediment transport rates with wind speed measurements from the 2D sonic anemometer.
- Analyzing grain size distribution of beach sand and saltating grains for sedimentological studies.
Strengths
- Includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) capturing topographic change.
- Combines TLS data with concurrent meteorological (wind speed) and sediment transport measurements.
- Grain size data is provided for two separate years (2016 and 2019) at the same site.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is from a single, specific three-hour event on one day, limiting temporal generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Collection Method
- Field measurements using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), 2D sonic anemometer, Wenglor fork sensors, and Bagnold traps.
- Time Range
- Primary data from 12 August 2016; grain size data also from 2019.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-28 14:04:29.234449; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Brancaster Beach, United Kingdom.