Global Satellite-Based Coastal Bathymetry from Waves

Autor: Rafael Almar, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Gregoire Thoumyre, Mohamed Wassim Baba, Guillaume Cesbron, Christopher Daly, Thierry Garlan, Anne Lifermann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 22, p 4628 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs13224628
Popis: The seafloor—or bathymetry—of the world’s coastal waters remains largely unknown despite its primary importance to human activities and ecosystems. Here we present S2Shores (Satellite to Shores), the first sub-kilometer global atlas of coastal bathymetry based on depth inversion from wave kinematics captured by the Sentinel-2 constellation. The methodology reveals coastal seafloors up to a hundred meters in depth which allows covering most continental shelves and represents 4.9 million km2 along the world coastline. Although the vertical accuracy (RMSE 6–9 m) is currently coarser than that of traditional surveying techniques, S2Shores is of particular interest to countries that do not have the means to carry out in situ surveys and to unexplored regions such as polar areas. S2Shores is a major step forward in mitigating the effects of global changes on coastal communities and ecosystems by providing scientists, engineers, and policy makers with new science-based decision tools.
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