North Carolina Outer Banks - Evolution of Jockey's Ridge

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Helena Mitasova, Margery Overton, Katie Weaver, Anna Petrasova, Tom Drake, NCSU, and Russell Harmon, ARO
Evolution of dune peaks elevation 
Year     1915 1935 1950  1974  1995  1998  1999  2001  2002 2004  2007  2008  2009  2012  2014  2015
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Main [m]  20   31  42.1  33.5  26.0  24.2  26.4  25.1   24   22   20.8  21.6  21.9  20.2  19.3  19.1
West1[m]  nd   nd  nd    23.9  20.1  19.8  21.2  21.4   nd   22   21.5  22.4  22.6  21.5  20.7  20.2
West2[m]  nd   nd  nd    20.6  20.2  20.4  20.4  20.6   nd   19   20.7  21.0  20.4  19.3  19.0  19.2
East [m]  nd   nd  22    20.2  16.8  16.7  17.7  18.0   nd   19   18.3  19.6  19.5  18.1  17.5  17.2


Jockey's ridge evolution 1974 - 2014

see also evolution 1974 - 2017, and explore the time series with slider

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Animations : dune migration 1974-2008 View from top-south, View from top-east

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View from East (yellow:1974, grey:2001) and lidar-based 1m resolution DEM (2001)

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References

History of Outer Banks