Digital Elevation Models and Orthomosaics of the Dutch Noordwest Natuurkern Foredune Restoration Project

Gerben Ruessink*, Dick Groenendijk, Bas Arens

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Abstract

Coastal dunes worldwide are increasingly under pressure from the adverse effects of human activities. Therefore, more and more restoration measures are being taken to create conditions that help disturbed coastal dune ecosystems regenerate or recover naturally. However, many projects lack the (open-access) monitoring observations needed to signal whether further actions are needed, and hence lack the opportunity to “learn by doing”. This submission presents an open-access data set of 37 high-resolution digital elevation models and 24 orthomosaics collected before and after the excavation of five artificial foredune trough blowouts (“notches”) in winter 2012/2013 in the Dutch Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, one of the largest coastal dune restoration projects in northwest Europe. These high-resolution data provide a valuable resource for improving understanding of the biogeomorphic processes that determine the evolution of restored dune systems as well as developing guidelines to better design future restoration efforts with foredune notching. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010095 Dataset License: CC BY 4.0

Original languageEnglish
Article number37
Number of pages14
JournalData
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • UAV
  • airborne laser scanning
  • coastal dunes
  • digital elevation model
  • foredune
  • monitoring
  • orthomosaic
  • photogrammetry
  • restoration
  • wind

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