Important Dates for the CoastScan Project

16-11-2016 – 26-05-2017: Data collection in Kijkduin, The Netherlands

03-11-2017 – 06-12-2018: Data collection in Oostend, Belgium

01-03-2019: Official start of NWO-project CoastScan

10-07-2019: Start of data collection in Noordwijk
13-07-2019: GPS measurements

22-08-2019: TLS scan & GPS measurements
19-09-2019: TLS scan & GPS measurements
14-10-2019: GPS measurements
24-10-2019: TLS scan & GPS measurements

winter 2019 sail boats removed from the beach

19-11-2019: GPS measurements
22-11-2019: TLS scan & GPS measurements
19-12-2019: TLS scan & GPS measurements

30-01-2020 – 28-04-2020: ScanEx fieldwork:

  • data collection with weather station: 04-02-2020 – 19-03-2020
  • shipping container on the beach: 07-02-2020 – 28-04-2020
  • measurement of reflectors: 20-02-2020 – 01-04-2020
  • pressure sensors measuring in the intertidal zones: 13-02-2020 – 28-04-2020
  • big storms: 09/10-02-2020 (Ciara), 16-02-2020 (Dennis), 23-02-2020
  • TLS scans: 30-01-2020, 04-02-2020, 14-02-2020, 25-02-2020, 04-03-2020, 14-03-2020, 24-03-2020, 01-04-2020, 09-04-2020, 17-04-2020, 24-04-2020
  • GPS measurements: 30-01-2020, 07-02-2020, 13-02-2020, 25-02-2020, 04-03-2020, 14-03-2020, 24-03-2020, 01-04-2020, 09-04-2020, 17-04-2020, 24-04-2020

19-03-2020: Data quality starts to deteriorate slowly (due to electrical disturbances inside the laser scanner)

01-05-2020: sailboats on the beach for summer

25-06-2020 – 30-07-2020: Scanner away for maintenance

27-05-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements
25-06-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements

30-07-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements
27-08-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements

25-09-2020 – 07-10-2020: no PLS data (technical issues)

30-09-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements
27-10-2020: TLS scan
27-11-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements

02-12-2020: Laser scanner moved 2 m to the North

sailboats removed for winter

tear down of sailing club building on the beach

construction of new building of sailing club completed


28-12-2020: TLS scan & GPS measurements
29-01-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements
24-02-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements

February 2021: paved observation deck

18-03-2021: Workshop on error sources and corrections in permanent laser scanning

01-04-2021: sailboats on the beach for summer

13-04-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements
31-05-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements
15-07-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements
26-08-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements
01-10-2021: TLS scan & GPS measurements (last regular TLS scan)

31-01-2022: heavy storm (Corrie), 2 days, wind speeds above 12 m/s

06-02-2022: heavy storm with wind speeds above 12 m/s

16-02-2022 – 21-02-2022: period with three major storms

22-02-2022: TLS scan during aeolian transport, photogrammetry data

21-06-2022: End of PLS data record in Noordwijk

Important dates for the AdaptCoast project

08-01-2024: Project start