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Example of a seasonally rotating beach of southern California

Detailed Description

An example seasonally rotating beach of southern California (Salt Creek Beach, 33.4788°N, 117.7237°W) showing (a,b) general patterns of rotation from satellite imagery, (c) spatial distribution of seasonal shoreline excursions (marker size) and timing of the shoreline seasonality (marker colour) from the STL and k-means results and (d) time series of shoreline positions (raw = points; monthly mean = lines) for transects on the northern and southern ends of the beach (see (c) for transect locations). From the study Seasonal rotation of California pocket beaches.

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