Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1499-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1499-2022
Model description paper
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21 Feb 2022
Model description paper |  | 21 Feb 2022

CliffDelineaTool v1.2.0: an algorithm for identifying coastal cliff base and top positions

Zuzanna M. Swirad and Adam P. Young

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Cliff base and top lines that delimit coastal cliff faces are usually manually digitized based on maps, aerial photographs, terrain models, etc. However, manual mapping is time consuming and depends on the mapper's decisions and skills. To increase the objectivity and efficiency of cliff mapping, we developed CliffDelineaTool, an algorithm that identifies cliff base and top positions along cross-shore transects using elevation and slope characteristics.
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