{"id":193994,"date":"2026-09-11T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=193994"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:32:45","slug":"beach-survey-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beach-survey-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the Survey Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-1024x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-1024x394.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-364x140.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-500x193.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap-1000x385.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/basemap.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey measurements have been made at nine sites along the southern shoreline of Rhode Island over the past few decades, ranging from Misquamicut Beach to South Kingstown Town Beach.\u00a0Today, eight beaches are regularly surveyed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Beach Survey\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-beach-survey\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-181149\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-181149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beachsurvey\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-181152\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-181152\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beachsurvey\/history\/\">Beach Survey History<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-181151\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-181151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beachsurvey\/survey-methods\/\">Beach Survey Methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-193996\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-193996\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beach-survey-data\/\">Explore survey data<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-181150\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-181150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/beachsurvey\/contacts\/\">Contact Us!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using beach profile data collected from the 1960s to today, shoreline changes are better understood. This information is used to inform decision-making locally and advance science globally. <\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-panel-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-panel  \"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/misquamicut.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure><article>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rhode Island Beach Dynamics Website Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To better understand shoreline changes, students and&nbsp;scientists from GSO, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23502598262&amp;gbraid=0AAAABCgv8yt0t1NE3KHWK0nbBB2TBYkOg&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA-__MBhAKEiwASBmsBKhQUk1o_Ucdpb33QW09q_vDBAYJOrETg0W9v4OihFf0M4Iydn25XRoCPPMQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Environmental Data Center<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Department of Geosciences<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternct.edu\/environmental-earth-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)<\/a>&nbsp;have surveyed&nbsp;several&nbsp;RI beaches for&nbsp;many decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This website shares data generated from more than a thousand surveys by countless students and staff since 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uri.edu\/beachdynamics\/ri-beaches?authuser=0\" title=\"\">Explore the data<\/a>\n<\/article><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using beach profile data collected from the 1960s to today, shoreline changes are better understood. 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