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Beach Nourishment

Up until the present beach nourishment through dredging has been the current method of erosion control for many coastal communities. However, numerous drawbacks have not been addressed:
  • Once sand is transferred on the beach, the quality of sand is often substandard or variation of color, despite assurances otherwise.
  • It is increasingly becoming more difficult to locate quality sand. As sources are depleting, cost is increasing.
  • Dredging of sand causes harm to the decreasing communities of sea turtles by sucking them off the sea floor.
  • Beach nourishment is a sudden, disruptive and unnatural process.
  • High cost and maintenance
NuShore offers solutions to these issues. It allows the natural energy and action of ocean waves to build and accrete sand cleanly, without environmental harm, pollution at a reduced cost. Resulting in higher quality sand while preserving the natural beauty of our beaches.
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Bathymetric Lidar

Bathymetric Lidar is an airborne acquisition technology. As opposed to airborne topographic Lidar, which uses an infrared wavelength of 1,064nm, bathymetric Lidar systems use a green wavelength of 532nm to penetrate the water column for measuring the seafloor. Bathymetric Lidar sensors can be simplified into four major components:

  • The GPS receiver which gives the aircraft position
    The inertial measurement unit (IMU) which gives
  • The roll, pitch and yaw of the aircraft – The laser scanner which emits the signal in a particular pattern
  • The sensor which reads the returning signal.
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