ORCID
- M. Wiggins: 0000-0003-2232-7680
- T. Scott: 0000-0002-3357-7485
- G. Masselink: 0000-0001-6079-7611
Abstract
Records of beach morphologic change and concurrent hydrodynamic forcing are needed to understand how coastlines in different environments change over time. This submission contains data for the period 2006 to 2021, for two contrasting macrotidal environments in southwest England: (i) cross-shore dominated, dissipative, sandy Perranporth Beach, Cornwall; and (ii) longshore-dominated, reflective gravel beaches within Start Bay, Devon. Data comprise monthly to annual beach profile surveys, annual merged topo-bathymetries, in addition to observed and numerically modelled wave and water levels. These data provide a valuable resource for modelling the behaviour of coastal types not covered by other currently available datasets.
DOI Link
Publication Date
2023-05-08
Publication Title
Scientific data
Volume
10
Issue
1
Acceptance Date
2023-04-03
Deposit Date
2023-12-10
Embargo Period
2023-10-14
Funding
Funding for the surveys has been provided by South-West Regional Development Agency (Wave Hub Impacts on Shoreline and Sediment Processes), EPSRC grant New Understanding and Prediction of Storm Impacts on Gravel Beaches (EP/H040056/1), NERC Urgency grant Impact of sequence of extreme storms during 2013/14 winter on southwest coast of England (NE/M004996/1) and NERC Strategic Highlight Topics grant, Physical and biological dynamic coastal processes and their role in coastal recovery (BLUE-coast) (NE/N015525/1). Additional funding was provided by the University of Plymouth.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
McCarroll, R., Valiente, N., Wiggins, M., Scott, T., & Masselink, G. (2023) 'Coastal survey data for Perranporth Beach and Start Bay in southwest England (2006–2021)', Scientific data, 10(1). Available at: 10.1038/s41597-023-02131-0
