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Southern Maine Beach Profile Monitoring Program
Entry ID: gomc_148

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Summary
Abstract: SUMMARY of 1999 - 2001 data - Moderately and highly developed beaches
experienced more change.In geological time, two years cannot be considered a
trend. But the first patterns to emerge suggest that moderately and highly
developed beaches experienced more change overall during these first years of
beach profile monitoring, while undeveloped beaches exhibited less change or
appeared to be more ... View entire text

Purpose: Conflicts among towns/beach communities and scientists/regulators
regarding beach management have resulted from poor communication, despite
common goals of preserving healthy beaches.Many sand beaches in southern Maine
are being rapidly degraded by impacts from shoreline engineering (sea walls,
jetties, dredging, etc), sea-level rise and coastal storms. The data collected
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Related URL
Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Additional information about this monitoring program and data are available
from this web site.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 43.85   S: 43.06   E: -69.69   W: -70.69

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1999-04-01
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Platform
SHIPS Ancillary Description
Instrument
AWS > Automated Weather System Ancillary Description
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Ancillary Description
FLUOROMETERS Ancillary Description
Project
Use Constraints Any person making substantial use of a data set must communicate
with the investigators who acquired the data prior to publication and
anticipate that the data collectors will be co-authors of published
results. This extends to model results and to data organized for
retrospective studies.

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Originating Center
Data Center
U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Program Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://globec.whoi.edu/
Dataset ID: Georges Bank

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT C. GROMAN
Phone: 508-289-2409
Fax: 508-457-2169
Email: rgroman at whoi.edu
Contact Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Swift House MS#38
City: Woods Hole
Province or State: MA
Postal Code: 02543-1127
Country: USA
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Personnel
DICKY ALLISON
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 508-289-2298
Fax: 508-457-2169
Email: dallison at whoi.edu
Contact Address:
MS #36
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Shiverick House
City: Woods Hole
Province or State: Massachusetts
Postal Code: 02543
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-07-29
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-13

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