Repeated (4D) Marine Geophysical Surveys as a Tool for Studying the Coastal Environment and Ground-Truthing Remote-Sensing Observations and Modeling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
The Study Site
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Geophysical Survey
2.1.1. Positioning and Navigation
2.1.2. Bathymetric Data
2.1.3. Seafloor Reflectivity
2.1.4. Stratigraphic Data
2.1.5. Flattening and Time Slicing
2.2. Seabed Sampling and Grain-Size Analysis
2.3. Hydrodynamic Modeling
3. Results
3.1. Morphobathymetry
3.2. Sediment Grain Size and Reflectivity
3.3. Stratigraphy
3.4. Bathy-Morphological Snapshots
3.5. Wave Hydrodynamic Modeling
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Survey Number | Date | Data Collected |
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1 | 14 October 2020 |
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2 | 20 April 2021 |
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3 | 24 September 2021 |
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4 | 13 December 2021 |
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Stanghellini, G.; Bidini, C.; Romagnoli, C.; Archetti, R.; Ponti, M.; Turicchia, E.; Del Bianco, F.; Mercorella, A.; Polonia, A.; Giorgetti, G.; et al. Repeated (4D) Marine Geophysical Surveys as a Tool for Studying the Coastal Environment and Ground-Truthing Remote-Sensing Observations and Modeling. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 5901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225901
Stanghellini G, Bidini C, Romagnoli C, Archetti R, Ponti M, Turicchia E, Del Bianco F, Mercorella A, Polonia A, Giorgetti G, et al. Repeated (4D) Marine Geophysical Surveys as a Tool for Studying the Coastal Environment and Ground-Truthing Remote-Sensing Observations and Modeling. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(22):5901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225901
Chicago/Turabian StyleStanghellini, Giuseppe, Camilla Bidini, Claudia Romagnoli, Renata Archetti, Massimo Ponti, Eva Turicchia, Fabrizio Del Bianco, Alessandra Mercorella, Alina Polonia, Giulia Giorgetti, and et al. 2022. "Repeated (4D) Marine Geophysical Surveys as a Tool for Studying the Coastal Environment and Ground-Truthing Remote-Sensing Observations and Modeling" Remote Sensing 14, no. 22: 5901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225901