Swansea Bay and Carmarthen Bay Beach profiles data (Lavernock to St Anns Head Shoreline Management Plan (SMP2))

The purpose of this data capture was to provide a review of the background geological factors and physical processes which is intended to inform the assessment of policy options in the second generation Shoreline Management Plan for the area between St. Ann's Head and Lavernock Point. This dataset describes the geological and physical processes occurring at Swansea and Carmarthen Bay. Processes investigated include beach profile, beach topographic survey, LiDAR cross sections, summary characteristics, tide data and weather data. Two related reports were written within the same project Annex A and Annex B, Annex B builds on the earlier review and presents further analysis of data. Particular attention has been given to the estuaries and intervening shorelines in Swansea Bay and Carmarthen Bay. Three sections of open coast associated with the estuaries were also considered: - The Pendine to Ginst Point barrier complex (including Pendine Burrows and Laugharne Burrows) - The Tywyn Point to Pembrey Burrows barrier complex - The Hills Tor to Whiteford Point barrier complex (including Whiteford Burrows).

Identifier: NRW_DS115521

Alternative Title

Data proffilau Bae Abertawe a Thraeth Bae Ceredigion (Cynllun Rheoli Traethlin Larnog i St Anns Head (SMP2))

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Morphological data from Swansea and Carmarthen Bay was collated from reports and analysed within this report. The Swansea Bay and Carmarthen Bay Shoreline Management Plan II were divided into three Coastal Behaviour Systems (CBS) (1) Bristol Channel North (Penarth to Worm's Head) (2) Carmarthen Bay (Worms Head to Giltar Point) (3) South Wales Peninsula (Giltar Point to St. David's Head) Within these CBS a number of Shoreline Behaviour Units (SBU) were identified (1) Penarth to Nash Point (2) Nash Point to Pothcawl (3) Porthcawl to Mumbles Head (4) Mumbles Head to Worms Head (5) Worms Head to Burry Holms (6) Burry Holms to Pendine (7) Pendine to Giltar Point (8) Giltar Point to Studdock Point Further analysis was performed within the Annex B report, involving analysis of additional LiDAR data. For the purpose of the study, five estuarine areas were defined within the Carmarthen Bay area and separate analyses performed on each; - The Loughor estuary (east of a line between Whiteford Point and 'The Nose' Pembrey) - The Taf Estuary (north of a line between Ginst Point and Wharley Point) - The Towy (Tywi) estuary (north of a line between Wharley Point and Tregoning Hill) - The Gwendraeth estuary (east of a line between St Ishmael and Tywyn Point) - The Three Rivers confluence area (south of a line drawn between Tywyn Point and Ginst Point).

Additional Information: Marine and Coastal Physical Scientist, NRW. Associated Report: - K. Pye. 2009, Coastal processes and shoreline behaviour in Swansea Bay and Carmarthen Bay. - Annex A2: Morphological Change in Carmarthen Bay and Adjoining Estuaries: Further Analysis (prepared by Professor Ken Pye, March 2010).

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2008-12-31

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1887-01-01

End date: 2008-12-31

Topic category

Biota
Oceans

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd

Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd, Crowthorne Enterprise Centre, Old Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 6AW, UK

http://www.kpal.co.uk/

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Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

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Annex A1 [A] Beack Profiles as .xls and raw data as .shl files [B] Beach Topography Survey as .xls amd raw data as .asc. .dat and .xyz data [C] LIDAR as .xls files [D] Summary Characteristsics as .doc file [E] Tide Data as .doc file [F] Rainfall and Temperature data as .xls file Annex A2 [A] Areas volumes and elevations from Lidar surveys as .xlsx and ArcGIS .shp files [B] Cross Sections from Lidar data as .xlsx and ArcGIS .shp files [C] Historical charts as .jpg [D] Historical tide lines as ArcGIS shp files [E] Hypsometric analysis as .xlsx file [F] Sediment volumes as .xlsx file [G] Tide data as as .xlsx. docx files and raw data as .asc files [H] Width length and sinuosity calculations as ArcGIS .shp file

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Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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Lineage: Morphological data from Swansea and Carmarthen Bay was collated from reports and analysed within this report. The Swansea Bay and Carmarthen Bay Shoreline Management Plan II were divided into three Coastal Behaviour Systems (CBS) (1) Bristol Channel North (Penarth to Worm's Head) (2) Carmarthen Bay (Worms Head to Giltar Point) (3) South Wales Peninsula (Giltar Point to St. David's Head) Within these CBS a number of Shoreline Behaviour Units (SBU) were identified (1) Penarth to Nash Point (2) Nash Point to Pothcawl (3) Porthcawl to Mumbles Head (4) Mumbles Head to Worms Head (5) Worms Head to Burry Holms (6) Burry Holms to Pendine (7) Pendine to Giltar Point (8) Giltar Point to Studdock Point Further analysis was performed within the Annex B report, involving analysis of additional LiDAR data. For the purpose of the study, five estuarine areas were defined within the Carmarthen Bay area and separate analyses performed on each; - The Loughor estuary (east of a line between Whiteford Point and 'The Nose' Pembrey) - The Taf Estuary (north of a line between Ginst Point and Wharley Point) - The Towy (Tywi) estuary (north of a line between Wharley Point and Tregoning Hill) - The Gwendraeth estuary (east of a line between St Ishmael and Tywyn Point) - The Three Rivers confluence area (south of a line drawn between Tywyn Point and Ginst Point).

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Oceanographic geographical features

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Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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tidal
Swansea Bay
Carmarthen Bay
shoreline management plans

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Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Coastal geomorphology

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Citation

Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

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Keywords

NRW SMNR Vocabulary

Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
Ecosystem (SMNR)
Coastal Margins (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Sea and Coast (SMNR)
Geomorphology (SMNR)
Climate (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)
Seascape (SMNR)

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Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-30T15:18:54.932Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

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