Project Description
The project goal is to acquire highly accurate and spatially dense bathymetric and topographic elevation data and Color Infra-red (CIR) aerial imagery of South Padre Island (Port Mansfield to Rio Grande) to evaluate position and change rates of the shoreline, vegetation line, and dune line; map geomorphic units; provide beach-dune system volumetrics; and develop a preliminary sediment budget. The investigation will help the General Land Office (GLO) to provide bathymetric (assuming sea conditions permit adequate laser penetration) data to depth of closure seaward of beach-dune projects with critically eroding shorelines, and topographic data and aerial imagery to the landward extent of the beach-dune system.