Remote Sensing of Back-Bay Establishment Following Sediment Nourishment

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This project will refine remote sensing techniques to monitor morphological and ecological trends of beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) sites over time. Providing USACE with reliable methods to monitor BUDM sites will provide the confidence needed to initiate more BUDM projects, which in turn will help USACE to reach their goal of using 70% of dredged material beneficially by 2030.

Jacqueline Zdebski and Dr. Michael Grilliot of the NHERI RAPID Facility with their fixed-wing drone after performing multispectral survey at Maurice River, NJ.

Established tidal creek on Gull Island roughly two years post BUDM placement.

Marsh scarp on the southern coast of Gull Island in New Jersey overlooking a mudflat created with BUDM.

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Research Civil Engineer, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, ERDC

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Surveying Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Placement Sites at the Philadelphia District

Dr. Brian Harris, a Research Civil Engineer with the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal and Hydraulic...

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