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Coastal Services

Storm monitoring and warning systems

Timestack type images are used to monitor the rise and fall of waves and overtopping along different transects defined along coastal areas in general (beaches, ports, road infrastructures, etc.). A tool has been developed for the automatic detection of overtopping by analysing the evolution of the intensity signal over time. This information is used by the Basque Government’s Emergency Directorate to monitor the impact of storms on the coast.

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Publications

  • Abalia, A., de Santiago, I., Liria, P., Garnier, R., Epelde, I., Nieto, A., Morichon, D. (2024). Analysis of the coastal flooding exposure of embayed beaches at a regional scale using a video monitoring network: Basque Coast (Spain). Ocean & Coastal Management, 254, 107193.
  • de Santiago, I., Plomaritis, T. A., Avalos, D., Garnier, R., Abalia, A., Epelde, I., Liria, P. (2024). Comparison of wave overtopping estimation models for urban beaches. Towards an early warning system on the Basque coast. Science of The Total Environment, 912, 168783.
  • Callens, A., Morichon, D., Liria, P., Epelde, I., Liquet, B. (2021). Automatic creation of storm impact database based on video monitoring and convolutional neural networks. Remote Sensing, 13(10), 1933.
  • de Santiago, I., Morichon, D., Arnoux, F., Delpey, M., Epelde, I., 2018. Risk mapping assessment by means of probabilistic storm scenarios in a partially engineered beach: Anglet, France. J. Coast. Res. 85 (10085), 796–800
  • Morichon, D., De Santiago, I., Delpey, M., Somdecoste, T., Callens, A., Liquet, B., Liria, P., and Arnould, P. (2018). Assessment of flooding hazards at an engineered beach during extreme events: Biarritz, SW France. Journal of Coastal Research, (85), 801-805.
  • de Santiago, I., Morichon, D., Abadie, S., Reniers, A.J.H.M., Liria, P., 2017. A comparative study of models to predict storm impact on beaches. Nat. Hazards 87, 843–865.