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New Technologies for Observation and Assessment of Coastal Zones

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 4923

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Lorena Parra

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1. Research Institute for the Integrated Management of Coastal Zones (IGIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, 46022 València, Spain
2. Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: aquaculture; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; water quality; wireless sensor networks; chemical sensors; physical sensors; pollution monitoring
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Dr. José Miguel Jiménez Herranz

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Research Institute for the Integrated Management of Coastal Zones (IGIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, 46022 València, Spain
Interests: network protocols; network algorithms; network security; Multimedia; WSN; IoT
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The coastal zone is a very important area for human beings since several economic activities are concentrated on it, and for biodiversity due to the wide range and variability of ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass meadows, kelp forests, intertidal zones, coastal dunes, estuaries, wetlands, salt marches, and others. Although the coastal zone is not legally well bounded, it includes both on-shore and off-shore regions. The underwater area is a challenge to monitor given the limited usability of remote sensing and the reduced bandwidth of telecommunication technologies. Meanwhile, the considerable variability and high rate of anthropization has turned the inland region into a complex environment.

The scarce monitoring of these regions supposes a lack of data that are sorely necessary for adequate management. Several technologies can be applied, from sensors being part of wireless sensor nodes, Internet of Things, landers, and remote sensing to artificial intelligence for analyzing the generated data in databases or making predictions. Creating indicators based on sensed data might suppose an important advantage in characterizing the areas to generate early warning systems.

In this Special Issue, we aim to exchange knowledge and experiences on any aspect related to the latest technological advances applied in coastal zones, including marine and fluvial water monitoring, ecosystem monitoring, land cover challenges, and fauna tracking, among others. Both original papers and comprehensive surveys are welcomed.

Dr. Lorena Parra
Dr. José Miguel Jiménez Herranz
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • physical sensors
  • chemical sensors
  • acoustic sensors
  • optical sensors
  • magnetic sensors
  • remote sensing
  • land cover
  • fauna tracking
  • water monitoring
  • ecosystems monitoring
  • transmission technology
  • underwater communication
  • artificial intelligence
  • database

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Smart Low-Cost Control System for Fish Farm Facilities
by Lorena Parra, Sandra Sendra, Laura Garcia and Jaime Lloret
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(14), 6244; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14146244 - 18 Jul 2024
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Projections indicate aquaculture will produce 106 million tonnes of fish by 2030, emphasizing the need for efficient and sustainable practices. New technologies can provide a valuable tool for adequate fish farm management. The aim of this paper is to explore the factors affecting [...] Read more.
Projections indicate aquaculture will produce 106 million tonnes of fish by 2030, emphasizing the need for efficient and sustainable practices. New technologies can provide a valuable tool for adequate fish farm management. The aim of this paper is to explore the factors affecting fish well-being, the design of control systems for aquaculture, and the proposal of a smart system based on algorithms to improve efficiency and sustainability. First, we identify the domains affecting fish well-being: the production domain, abiotic domain, biotic domain, and control systems domain. Then, we evaluate the interactions between elements present in each domain to evaluate the key aspects to be monitored. This is conducted for two types of fish farming facilities: cages in the sea and recirculating aquaculture systems. A total of 86 factors have been identified, of which 17 and 32 were selected to be included in monitoring systems for sea cages and recirculating aquaculture systems. Then, a series of algorithms are proposed to optimize fish farming management. We have included predefined control algorithms, energy-efficient algorithms, fault tolerance algorithms, data management algorithms, and a smart control algorithm. The smart control algorithms have been proposed considering all the aforementioned factors, and two scenarios are simulated to evaluate the benefits of the smart control algorithm. In the simulated case, the turbidity when the control algorithm is used represents 12.5% of the turbidity when not used. Their use resulted in a 35% reduction in the energy consumption of the aerator system when the smart control was implemented. Full article
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Progressive Gaussian Decomposition of Airborne Bathymetric LiDAR Waveform for Improving Seafloor Point Extraction
by Hyejin Kim, Minyoung Jung, Jaebin Lee and Gwangjae Wie
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(19), 10939; https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910939 - 3 Oct 2023
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Airborne bathymetric LiDAR (ABL) acquires waveform data with better accuracy and resolution and greater user control over data processing than discrete returns. The ABL waveform is a mixture of reflections from the water surface and bottom, water column backscattering, and noise, and it [...] Read more.
Airborne bathymetric LiDAR (ABL) acquires waveform data with better accuracy and resolution and greater user control over data processing than discrete returns. The ABL waveform is a mixture of reflections from the water surface and bottom, water column backscattering, and noise, and it can be separated into individual components through waveform decomposition. Because the point density and positional accuracy of the point cloud are dependent on waveform decomposition, an effective decomposition technique is required to improve ABL measurement. In this study, a new progressive waveform decomposition technique based on Gaussian mixture models was proposed for universal applicability to various types of ABL waveforms and to maximize the observation of seafloor points. The proposed progressive Gaussian decomposition (PGD) estimates potential peaks that are not detected during the initial peak detection and progressively decomposes the waveform until the Gaussian mixture model sufficiently represents the individual waveforms. Its performance is improved by utilizing a termination criterion based on the time difference between the originally detected and estimated peaks of the approximated model. The PGD can be universally applied to various waveforms regardless of water depth or underwater environment. To evaluate the proposed approach, it was applied to the waveform data acquired from the Seahawk sensor developed in Korea. In validating the PGD through comparative evaluation with the conventional Gaussian decomposition method, the root mean square error was found to decrease by approximately 70%. In terms of point cloud extractability, the PGD extracted 14–18% more seafloor points than the Seahawk’s data processing software. Full article
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