Analysis of Interannual and Seasonal Nearshore Bar Behaviour Observed from Decadal Optical Satellite Data in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data
2.3. Extraction and Preparation of Bar Data
2.4. Assessment of Interannual and Seasonal Migration Rates
2.5. Assessment of Net Offshore Migration and Other Characteristics
2.6. Definition of Nearshore Bar Behaviour Regions
3. Results
3.1. Morphological Characteristics of the Bar System
3.2. Interannual Bar Cross-Shore Migration
3.3. Seasonal Bar Cross-Shore Migration
3.3.1. Low-Wave-Energy Season
3.3.2. High-Wave-Energy Season
3.4. Comparison of Bar Cross-Shore Migration on Seasonal and Interannual Timescales
3.5. Net Offshore Migration (NOM)
3.6. Similar Nearshore Bar Behaviour Regions
4. Discussion
4.1. General Patterns of Bar Cross-Shore Behaviour
4.2. Factors Determining the Alongshore Variability of Morphological and Temporal Characteristics of Bars
4.3. Accuracy and Limitations of Satellite-Derived Temporal Characteristics of Bars
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Abbreviation |
---|---|
Bar cycle return period | |
Bar distances from shoreline | |
Bar count (mode) | |
Bar zone width | |
Rate of interannual offshore migration | |
Rate of interannual onshore migration | |
Rate of seasonal offshore migration (April-September) | |
Rate of seasonal onshore migration (April-September) | |
Rate of seasonal offshore migration (October-March) | |
Rate of seasonal onshore migration (October-March) | |
Maximum outer bar distance from shoreline at the decay phase | |
Average middle bar distance from shoreline at the outer bar decay phase | |
Average inner bar distance from shoreline at the outer bar decay phase | |
Bar count at the outer bar decay phase |
Level | Cluster | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L1 | L1-1 | 5.46 | 4.47 | 301.57 | 271.50 | 63.00 | 1.00 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.53 | 2.07 |
L1-2 | 6.58 | 5.32 | 471.25 | 197.36 | 76.79 | 1.43 | 0.60 | 0.47 | 0.74 | 2.34 | |
L2 | L2-1 | 4.95 | 4.15 | 246.29 | 319.83 | 58.63 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 1.97 |
L2-2 | 6.80 | 5.57 | 505.14 | 197.91 | 77.31 | 1.60 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.72 | 2.33 | |
L2-3 | 6.04 | 4.68 | 386.54 | 196.00 | 75.50 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0.78 | 2.36 | |
L2-4 | 6.29 | 5.00 | 393.71 | 190.95 | 70.29 | 2.67 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.67 | 2.24 | |
L3 | L3-1 | 4.76 | 3.95 | 233.39 | 314.58 | 59.50 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 1.98 |
L3-2 | 6.80 | 5.64 | 507.20 | 202.54 | 79.13 | 2.47 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.72 | 2.33 | |
L3-3 | 5.98 | 4.66 | 393.33 | 192.91 | 72.09 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 0.66 | 2.27 | |
L3-4 | 6.29 | 5.00 | 393.71 | 187.67 | 67.61 | 0.93 | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.62 | 2.19 | |
L3-5 | 6.74 | 4.95 | 297.86 | 287.80 | 60.17 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.52 | 2.05 | |
L3-6 | 6.29 | 4.88 | 423.33 | 198.91 | 74.26 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 0.45 | 0.71 | 2.30 |
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Janušaitė, R.; Jarmalavičius, D.; Jukna, L.; Žilinskas, G.; Pupienis, D. Analysis of Interannual and Seasonal Nearshore Bar Behaviour Observed from Decadal Optical Satellite Data in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 3423. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143423
Janušaitė R, Jarmalavičius D, Jukna L, Žilinskas G, Pupienis D. Analysis of Interannual and Seasonal Nearshore Bar Behaviour Observed from Decadal Optical Satellite Data in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(14):3423. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143423
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanušaitė, Rasa, Darius Jarmalavičius, Laurynas Jukna, Gintautas Žilinskas, and Donatas Pupienis. 2022. "Analysis of Interannual and Seasonal Nearshore Bar Behaviour Observed from Decadal Optical Satellite Data in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea" Remote Sensing 14, no. 14: 3423. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143423