Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach

Ponte Lira, Cristina; Nobre Silva, Ana; Taborda, Rui; Freire de Andrade, Cesar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-265-2016

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-265-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-265-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

14 Jun 2016

| 14 Jun 2016

Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach

Cristina Ponte Lira, Ana Nobre Silva, Rui Taborda, and Cesar Freire de Andrade

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jun 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Mar 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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AC1: 'Changes to Data-DOI', Cristina Lira, 31 Mar 2016
RC1: 'improvement to discussion', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Review of “Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach”', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Apr 2016
RC3: 'Review of “Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach”', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 May 2016
RC4: 'Review of manuscript and dataset of "Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach"', Anonymous Referee #4, 03 May 2016
RC5: 'Coastline evolution of Portuguese low-lying sandy coast in the last 50 years: an integrated approach', Anonymous Referee #5, 03 May 2016
AC2: 'General authors reply to referees’ review comments', Cristina Lira, 17 May 2016

Short summary

Beach erosion is one of the leading problems that coastal regions face worldwide, and coastline evolution studies show how much it affects the coastal system. Usually these studies are site-specific and lack an integrated approach to either a large spatial domain or quantification using a single measurement. The first global Portuguese study on the subject is presented using an integrated approach. Results show erosion as dominant trend (−0.24 m year⁻¹), but it is highly variable in space.