North Carolina Outer Banks - Evolution of Jockey's Ridge

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Helena Mitasova, Margery Overton, Katie Weaver, 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
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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
East  [m]   nd    nd   22    20.2  16.8  16.7  17.7  18.0   nd    19   18.3  19.6  19.5
West1 [m]   nd    nd   nd    23.9  20.1  19.8  21.2  21.4   nd    22   21.5  22.4  22.6
West2 [m]   nd    nd   nd    20.6  20.2  20.4  20.4  20.6   nd    19   20.7  21.0  20.4
Talks Coastal tourism conference 2012 Jockey's Ridge evolution (talk 2012 update) AGU2012(slides 12,13)

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


View from Northeast (yellow:1974, grey:2001)


View from East (yellow:1974, grey:2001)


LIDAR-based 1m resolution DEM

More 3D views

References

History of Outer Banks