Shoreline Response to Hurricane Otis and Flooding Impact from Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Environmental Data
2.3. Shoreline Monitoring
2.4. Synthetic Aperture Radar Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Valderrama-Landeros, L.; Pérez-Espinosa, I.; Villeda-Chávez, E.; Alarcón-Medina, R.; Flores-de-Santiago, F. Shoreline Response to Hurricane Otis and Flooding Impact from Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico. Coasts 2025, 5, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5030028
Valderrama-Landeros L, Pérez-Espinosa I, Villeda-Chávez E, Alarcón-Medina R, Flores-de-Santiago F. Shoreline Response to Hurricane Otis and Flooding Impact from Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico. Coasts. 2025; 5(3):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5030028
Chicago/Turabian StyleValderrama-Landeros, Luis, Iliana Pérez-Espinosa, Edgar Villeda-Chávez, Rafael Alarcón-Medina, and Francisco Flores-de-Santiago. 2025. "Shoreline Response to Hurricane Otis and Flooding Impact from Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico" Coasts 5, no. 3: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5030028
APA StyleValderrama-Landeros, L., Pérez-Espinosa, I., Villeda-Chávez, E., Alarcón-Medina, R., & Flores-de-Santiago, F. (2025). Shoreline Response to Hurricane Otis and Flooding Impact from Hurricane John in Acapulco, Mexico. Coasts, 5(3), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5030028