Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of Northern Ireland from 1984 to 2024, and mainland UK from 2022 to 2024 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: DiUKcoast v1.0, is a new supranational dataset documenting four decades of coastal change across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) including including the isle of Wight and Anglesey. This dataset has been produced using the publicly available optical Landsat-5,8 and Sentinel-2 missions over the period between 1984 to 2024 (40 years). It includes instantaneous waterlines and instantaneous tidally corrected to Mean Sea Level shorelines. DiUKcoast is made available to the public as free and open interactive data to support future coastal research and management across UK.
Source: NERC Environmental Data Service
Institutions: British Geological Survey, Argans (United Kingdom)
Language: English
Topic: Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
Award: UKGravelBarriers
OpenAlex ID: W7204238083