National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes
Specifications and Scopes
The Specifications listed below are those used for the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes.
A national specification is adopted where possible e.g. the specification for bathymetry produced and maintained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Specifications
- Aerial photography
- Bathymetry
- Topographic surveys
- National Standard Technical Specifications V5.0
- Environment Agency National Survey Specification V4.01
- EA Specification v5.01: Guidance and Supporting Documents
- Hydrodynamics
- Terrestrial ecological mapping
- Analytical services
- Data management
- Lidar
- UAV
Example Scopes
- Brief Swath Bathymetry NE
- Brief Swath Bathymetry NW
- Brief Topo NE
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Brief Topo Anglia
- Brief Topo SW
- Brief Hydrodynamics NE
- Brief Hydrodynamics SW
- Brief Hydrodynamics ACM
- Brief Ecology SE
- Brief Analytical Services NE
- Brief Analytical Services NW
- Brief Data Management
Data Specifications
This table provides details on file formats available from this site.
Aerial photography
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ortho-rectified | ecw, eww, tab | Image | SU5202_20160823ortho.ecw SU5202_20160823ortho.eww SU5202_20160823ortho.tab |
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| Survey Report | Report_ortho_ASE03_04_20160824.pdf | Image | ||
| non-rectified | ecw | Image | 40272_61_1461.ecw |  |
Topographic Survey
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD, FC | SZ1590_20160428tb.txt |  |
| Profiles | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD, Chainage, FC, Profile, Reg_ID | 5fSU11_20160427tp.txt |  |
|
| Interim Profiles | 5fSU11_20161018tip.txt | |||
| Post-storm Profiles | 5fSU11_20140224tpsp.txt |
Hydrographic Survey
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singlebeam, Baseline, unsorted | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD | 5dRYD10_20040121hb.txt SZ1790_20151004hb.txt |
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| asc | ASCII Grid | SY4567_20071231hb.asc |  |
|
| Singlebeam, Baseline, sorted | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD | 5dRYD10_20040121hbs.txt |  |
| Singlebeam and Multibeam Profiles | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD, Chainage, FC, Profile, Reg_ID | 5fSU11_20151004hp.txt |  |
| Multibeam, Baseline | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD | SZ8891_20160606mb.txt |  |
| asc | ASCII Grid | SZ8891_20160606mb.asc | ||
| sd | SD File | SZ8891_20160606mb.sd |
Lidar
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfiltered Lidar | asc | ASCII Grid | SZ8296_20150517lidaru.asc |  |
| txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation | SZ8296_20150517lidaru.txt | ||
| Filterd Lidar | asc | ASCII Grid | SW7251_20160311lidarf.asc |  |
| txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation | SW7251_20160311lidarf.txt | ||
| Survey Report | Survey Report | Report_lidar_LSE03_07_20150517.pdf | ||
| Profiles | txt | Easting, Northing, Elevation_OD, Chainage, FC, Profile, Reg_ID | 4dSU24_20150517lidarp.txt |  |
Tide Gauge Data
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tide Data | txt | Date/Time, Tide_OD, Tide_CD, residual, flag/td> | SdP_tides2016.txt |  |
Wave Buoy Data
| Data Type Details | Data Type | Data Contents | File Name Example | File Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave Data | txt | Date/Time, Latitude, Longitude, flag, Hs, Hmax, Tp, Tz, Direction, Spread, Sea Temperature | Rlf_waves2016.txt |  |
