Deriving Large-Scale Coastal Bathymetry from Sentinel-2 Images Using an HIGH-Performance Cluster: A Case Study Covering North Africa’s Coastal Zone
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area and Data Source
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sentinel 2A/B Images Retrieval
Global Water Mask
3. Methods
3.1. Physical Description
3.2. Numerical Implementation and Regional Application
3.2.1. IT Workflow
3.2.2. HPC Implementation
3.3. North Africa Coastal Bathymetry Showcase
4. Conclusions and Way Forward
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Baba, M.W.; Thoumyre, G.; Bergsma, E.W.J.; Daly, C.J.; Almar, R. Deriving Large-Scale Coastal Bathymetry from Sentinel-2 Images Using an HIGH-Performance Cluster: A Case Study Covering North Africa’s Coastal Zone. Sensors 2021, 21, 7006. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217006
Baba MW, Thoumyre G, Bergsma EWJ, Daly CJ, Almar R. Deriving Large-Scale Coastal Bathymetry from Sentinel-2 Images Using an HIGH-Performance Cluster: A Case Study Covering North Africa’s Coastal Zone. Sensors. 2021; 21(21):7006. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217006
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaba, Mohamed Wassim, Gregoire Thoumyre, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Christopher J. Daly, and Rafael Almar. 2021. "Deriving Large-Scale Coastal Bathymetry from Sentinel-2 Images Using an HIGH-Performance Cluster: A Case Study Covering North Africa’s Coastal Zone" Sensors 21, no. 21: 7006. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217006