Long-Term Shoreline and Islands Change Detection with Digital Shoreline Analysis Using RS Data and GIS

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 244
• Main Authors: Gopinath, Girish, Thodi, Muhamed Fasil Chettiyam, Surendran, Udayar Pillai, Prem, Pranav, Parambil, Jesiya Nalukudi, Alataway, Abed, Al-Othman, Ahmed A., Dewidar, Ahmed Z., Mattar, Mohamed A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Analysis; Beaches; Climate change; coastal zone management; Coasts; Earth resources technology satellites; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Geographic information systems; India; Landsat; Morphology; Natural resources; Real estate development; regression analysis; Remote sensing; Rivers; Sea level; Shorelines; Soil erosion; spatial data; Tsunamis; water; Waterfront development; Wetlands; Wind; India

This study concerned the assessment of changes in the coastline of Kavvayi beach and its nine islands in a tropical coastal wetland using remote sensing (RS) data and geographic information systems (GIS), as this sedimentary environment is still poorly characterized. The satellite data used were fro...