Detection and Mapping of Shipwrecks in Al-Hoceima Coastal Using Remote Sensing

Autor: Morad Taher, Taoufik Mourabit, Issam Etebaai, Abdelhak Bourjila, Ali Errahmouni, Mustapha Lamgharbaj
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology, Vol 23, Iss 5, Pp 218-223 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2719-7050
27197050
DOI: 10.12912/27197050/152117
Popis: On the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, many military ships were sunk in the Al-Hoceima region during the Rif war between the Spanish army and the local Riffians. The aims of this study is to detect and to map shipwrecks embedded in sea-floor sediments in Al-Hoceima coastal. It has been carried out using free satellite radar images and the open-source software Sentinel Application Platform. The result of this study shows five possible locations of shipwrecks in the study area, two of them were confirmed by data shipwrecks of the Spanish hydrographic institute.
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