Estimating vulnerability of water body using Sentinel-2 images and environmental modelling: the study case of Bracciano Lake (Italy)

Autor: Fabio Recanatesi, Chiara Giuliani, Matteo Piccinno, Adrienn Caronte Veisz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Atmospheric Science
supervised classification
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
bracciano lake
vulnerability
0211 other engineering and technologies
Vulnerability
Climate change
macromolecular substances
02 engineering and technology
Bracciano Lake
Sentinel-2 multispectral images
eutrophication status
monitoring
01 natural sciences
lcsh:Oceanography
sentinel-2 multispectral images
parasitic diseases
lcsh:GC1-1581
Computers in Earth Sciences
skin and connective tissue diseases
021101 geological & geomatics engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Environmental modelling
Applied Mathematics
lcsh:QE1-996.5
lcsh:Geology
Water body
Volcano
Environmental science
sense organs
Physical geography
Zdroj: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol 52, Iss 0, Pp 64-73 (2019)
ISSN: 2279-7254
Popis: Due to the concomitance of several factors related to progressive climate changes and to increased water management for anthropogenic usage, drastic fall in level of Bracciano Lake, a volcanic lake, 30 km northwest of Rome, was reported. In November 2017 the water level decreased 1.98 m below the hydrometric zero. Vulnerability to eutrophication was investigated by determination of the lake water volume and the related phosphorus concentration. At this purpose, the bathymetry layer of the water body and the application of supervised classifica- tion of Sentinel-2 images allowed to quantify the water body and to define the coastline shape. Once calculated the hydrometric reduction in water body after the hydrometric crisis, occurred in 2017, Vollenweider model allowed to estimate nutrient concentration (around 100.93 μg/l) and the relative increase of the eutrophication status (+2.3% per liter). According to the lake water quality classification proposed by the OECD, we classified the lake as a very eutrophic lake with a hypertrophic level in the period of water crisis. The proposed methodology represents an efficient monitoring tool for assessing the vulnerability of water bodies influ- enced by eutrophication.
Databáze: OpenAIRE