Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Monitoring Coastal Cliff Processes and Erosion
Speaker
Adam Young, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Jim Brown
The Scripps coastal monitoring program for San
Diego County is one of the most comprehensive
shoreline observing systems in the world. Beaches,
cliffs and waves have been monitored at select San
Diego sites since 2001 using in-situ instruments,
GPS equipped platforms, and more recently,
photogrammetric unmanned aircraft systems. A
central goal is to discover if any signature exists that
could foretell heightened risk in specific locations.
Diego County is one of the most comprehensive
shoreline observing systems in the world. Beaches,
cliffs and waves have been monitored at select San
Diego sites since 2001 using in-situ instruments,
GPS equipped platforms, and more recently,
photogrammetric unmanned aircraft systems. A
central goal is to discover if any signature exists that
could foretell heightened risk in specific locations.
Speaker Bio
Presenter: Adam Young is a coastal researcher
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
He conducts field-based research to quantify
coastal processes, hazards, morphology and
erosion and is a recognized expert in coastal cliff
erosion. He also manages the Scripps coastal
mapping program. He received his B.S. from Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo and Ph.D. from UC San
Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
He conducts field-based research to quantify
coastal processes, hazards, morphology and
erosion and is a recognized expert in coastal cliff
erosion. He also manages the Scripps coastal
mapping program. He received his B.S. from Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo and Ph.D. from UC San
Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
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