Brief communication: Monitoring a soft-rock coastal cliff using webcams and strain sensors

In this brief communication, we describe a case study about monitoring a soft-rock coastal cliff using webcams and a strain sensor, located in the Apulia region (southeastern Italy). In this urban and touristic area, coastal recession is extremely rapid and rockfalls are very frequent. Using low-cost and open-source hardware and software, we are monitoring the area, trying to correlate both meteorological information with measures obtained from the crack meter and webcams, aiming to recognize potential precursor signals that could be triggered by instability phenomena.

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This study presents a case study on monitoring a soft-rock coastal cliff in southeastern Italy using webcams and a strain sensor. By using low-cost and open-source hardware and software, the study aims to analyze meteorological information, crack meter readings, and webcam footage to identify potential precursor signals of instability phenomena.