One key element in coastal zone management is the adequate understanding of coastal zone evolution. However, monitoring the morphological changes that take place at the coast, particularly those occurring at beaches, is a non-trivial task due to the complex and intrinsically non-steady nature of the coastal processes.
Beach monitoring (the continuous or periodic process of collecting and analyzing data to measure beach dynamics) should be seem as a vital element of the coastal management agenda. Among the wide range of available monitoring tools, close-range beach photo monitoring arises as one of the most straightforward to implement being, at the same time, very cost-effective as allows a good match between the time (frequency and extent) and spatial scales of system variability.
Here you will find results of a close-range beach photo monitoring program targeting the beaches of Cascais (Portugal). Results are supported on a monthly basis photographs acquisition procedure that has been conducted since May 2015.
Obs: at the present time results are not displayed on mobile devices.