Tab: Summary Reports#

The Summary Reports Tab allows you to configure the save location, and enable or disable the generation of summary reports. The summary reports are text files that contain the base information and the summary of results of the shoreline change, area change, and forecasting results.

User interface of Summary Reports Tab

Fig. 43 User interface of Summary Reports Tab#

General#

Reports save location#

Allows you to choose the folder in which to save the summary reports. Defaults to QSCATSummaryReports under your user home directory. Additionally, each results type (shoreline change, area change, and forecasting) will be saved inside another folder within the specified folder. The filename of the report will be in the format qscat_<version>_<result_type>_<datetime>.txt, where the datetime is in the format MM-DD-YY HH-MM-SS. The following table shows the folder structure and the filename format of the summary reports.

Result

Folder

File name

Shoreline Change

shoreline_change

qscat_<version>_shoreline_change_<datetime>.txt

Area Change

area_change

qscat_<version>_area_change_<datetime>.txt

Forecasting

forecasting

qscat_<version>_forecasting_<datetime>.txt

Example of the folder structure and file name#

── QSCATSummaryReports/
   ├── shoreline_change/
   │   ├── qscat_0.3.1_shoreline_change_04-29-24 15-15-28.txt
   │   ├── qscat_0.3.1_shoreline_change_05-01-24 10-30-12.txt
   │   └── ...
   │
   ├── area_change/
   │   ├── qscat_0.3.1_area_change_04-30-24 20-45-33.txt
   │   ├── qscat_0.3.1_area_change_05-02-24 14-25-46.txt
   │   └── ...
   │
   └── forecasting/
       ├── qscat_0.3.1_forecasting_04-28-24 18-55-21.txt
       ├── qscat_0.3.1_forecasting_05-03-24 09-10-58.txt
       └── ...

Enable reports generation#

A convenient way to enable or disable the generation of summary reports. You can also enable or disable the generation of individual reports of Shoreline Change, Area Change, and Forecasting results.

Content of summary reports#

Base information#

Regardless of the type of result (shoreline change, area change, or forecasting), the base information is always written at the top of the text file. The base information contains standard details such as general info, projection, metadata, and system details. The following are information that are included in the base information:

Project details#

  • Time generated: Date and time the report was generated (MM-DD-YYYY HH-MM-SS)

  • Project location: Folder location of the QGIS project (.qgz)

  • Projection: CRS auth id of the QGIS project (e.g EPSG:32651)

Metadata#

  • Author full name: Metadata of the QGIS project

  • Author affiliation: Metadata of the QGIS project

  • Author email: Metadata of the QGIS project

System details#

  • OS version: Operating system name and version (e.g. Linux 6.5.0-18-generic)

  • QGIS version: QGIS version and name (e.g. 3.34.5-Prizrena)

  • QSCAT version: QSCAT plugin version (e.g. 0.3.1)

Shoreline Change#

Input parameters#

Shorelines Tab

  • Layer: Layer name of the selected shorelines

  • Default data uncertainty: Default data uncertainty value

  • Date field: Field name of the selected shorelines date

  • Uncertainty field: Field name of the selected shorelines uncertainty value

  • Dates: List of date values of the selected shorelines (format MM/YYYY)

  • Uncertainties: List of uncertainty values of the selected shorelines

Baseline Tab

  • Layer: Layer name of the selected baseline

  • Placement: Placement of the selected baseline

  • Orientation: Orientation of the selected baseline

Transects Tab

  • Layer output name: Layer output name of the transects

  • Transect count: By transect spacing or number of transects

  • Transect spacing: Transect spacing value (if by transect spacing is selected)

  • By number of transects: Number of transects value (if by number of transects is selected)

  • Transect length: Transect length value

  • Smoothing distance: Smoothing distance value

Shoreline Change Tab

  • Transects layer: Layer name of the selected transects

  • Clip transects: Yes or No

  • Intersections: Choose by distance or choose by placement

  • By distance: Farthest or closest (if choose by distance is selected)

  • By placement: Seaward or landward (if choose by placement is selected)

  • Selected statistics: List of selected shoreline change statistics

  • Newest date: Selected newest date of the selected shorelines

  • Oldest date: Selected oldest date of the selected shorelines

  • Newest year: Selected newest date converted into decimal year in pairwise comparison of shorelines

  • Oldest year: Selected oldest date converted into decimal year in pairwise comparison of shorelines

  • Confidence interval: Confidence interval value in percentage

Summary of results#

SHORELINE CHANGE ENVELOPE (SCE)

  • Avg. value: Average value of the SCE

  • Max. value: Maximum value of the SCE

  • Min. value: Minimum value of the SCE

NET SHORELINE MOVEMENT (NSM)

  • Avg. distance: Average value of the NSM

Eroding, Accreting, and Stable:

  • No. of transects: Number of transects

  • (%) transects: Percentage of transects

  • Avg. value: Average value

  • Max. value: Maximum value

  • Min. value: Minimum value

END POINT RATE (EPR)

  • Avg. rate: Average value of the EPR

Eroding, Accreting, and Stable:

  • No. of transects: Number of transects

  • (%) transects: Percentage of transects

  • Avg. value: Average value

  • Max. value: Maximum value

  • Min. value: Minimum value

LINEAR REGRESSION RATE (LRR)

Eroding and Accreting:

  • No. of transects: Number of transects

  • (%) transects: Percentage of transects

  • Avg. value: Average value

  • Max. value: Maximum value

  • Min. value: Minimum value

WEIGHTED REGRESSION RATE (WLR)

Eroding and Accreting:

  • No. of transects: Number of transects

  • (%) transects: Percentage of transects

  • Avg. value: Average value

  • Max. value: Maximum value

  • Min. value: Minimum value

Area Change#

Input parameters#

  • Polygon layer: Layer name of the selected polygon layer

  • Shoreline change statistic layer: Layer name of the selected shoreline change statistic layer

Summary of results#

AREA CHANGE

  • Total area: Total square meters area value

Eroding, Accreting, and Stable

  • (%) of areas: Percentage of area value in total area

  • No. of areas: Number of areas with

  • (%) of no. areas: Percentage of number of areas

  • Avg. value: Average area value

  • Max. value: Maximum area value

  • Min. value: Minimum area value

NEWEST AND OLDEST SHORELINE (LENGTH)

  • Total length: Total length value in meters

Eroding, Accreting, and Stable

  • Total of lengths: Total length value in meters

  • (%) of lengths: Percentage of length value in total length

  • No. of lengths: Number of lengths

  • (%) of no. lengths: Percentage of number of lengths

  • Avg. value: Average length value

  • Max. value: Maximum length value

  • Min. value: Minimum length value

MEAN SHORELINE DISPLACEMENT

  • Avg. value: Average value

  • Max. value: Maximum value

  • Min. value: Minimum value

Forecasting#

The Forecasting summary report is not yet available.