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First phase of beach measurements successfully completed on the beach Ploče (Kantrida, Rijeka

First phase of measurements on the beach Ploče (Kantrida, Rijeka) has started in December 2019. and has finished in March 2020. Throughout this phase multiple activities had been conducted: experimental beach nourishment, geodetic surveying of the beach, measurement of sea waves using a buoy, sea level monitoring and precipitation measurements. The next phase of measurements will being in October of 2020 and is expected to last until the April of 2021.

Digital model of the beach terrain. The model was made using photogrammetry via a drone through 8 different measurement in the interval between the 16th of January and the 20th of March, 2020.

Beach Ploče after nourishment had completed
Beach Ploče after a few months of erosion by the waves and streams formed by precipitation
This geodetic survey shows the zones of erosion (red) and nourishment (green) but also main directions of material transport caused by sea waves and precipitation-formed streams