Photo: New Hampshire Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program

New Hampshire Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program

Forces like storms, ocean currents, and changes in sea level work together to add and remove sand from the beach. Beach profiling is a simple way to track these changes over time. By measuring the contour, or profile, of a beach at regular monthly intervals, we can start to observe long-term patterns of sand erosion and accretion. The New Hampshire beach profiling program consists of volunteer teams that measure the profile of a site once per month as well as after major storms. We currently have thirteen sites being monitored. NH beach profiling is a project of the NH Sea Grant Coastal Research Volunteers program.

Program Name
New Hampshire Sea Grant
Location
New Hampshire
State
New Hampshire
Project Purpose
Volunteers meet once a month to measure the beach profile to observe long-term patterns of sand erosion and accretion.
Project Topics
Coastal Processes/Shoreline/Erosion

Contact

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Photo: Alyson Eberhardt
Alyson Eberhardt
Extension Specialist