![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080922141245im_/http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//9284/a000645_gal.jpg)
Images & Animations
-
Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Beach Erosion: Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California from 1997 to 1998
During the 1997 to 1998 El Niño season, California's coastlines were hit by major beach erosion causing millions of dollars in damage.
An animation showing the erosion of the beach near Esplanade Drive in Pacifica, California during the El Nino season from 1997 to 1998, from airborne laser altimetry data. At the end of the animation, the image dissolves to an actual photograph from 1998
Metadata
-
Sensor
ATM/ATM -
Animation ID
645 -
Video ID
SVS1999-0011 -
Start Timecode
1:11:32:18 -
End Timecode
1:12:58:00 -
Animator
Alex Kekesi -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
1999/01/01 -
Scientist
William Krabill (NASA/GSFC Wallops), Serdar Manizade (NASA/GSFC Wallops) -
Datasets
Topography -
Keywords
Erosion, El Niño, Pacifica, California -
Data Date
1997/10/12, 1997/10/13, 1998/04/15, 1998/04/18 -
Story URL
http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/pr460m.html -
Animation Type
Regular