Author(s): Rossella Belloni; Claudia Adduce; Federico Falcini; Vittorio Ernesto Brando
Linked Author(s): Claudia Adduce
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Abstract: Connectivity describes the efficiency of material transfer between the components of a system. In this study, high-resolution multispectral satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission were used to investigate the degree of sediment connectivity of the Po river-sea system (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) in its final section, the coastal area. The analysis was performed investigating the spatio-temporal variability of Po River plume morphologies captured by the satellite images and evaluating the influence of the main environmental forcings affecting sediment dynamics in the study area (wind and river discharge) and therefore river-sea system connectivity. Although with some intrinsic limitations, the analysis showed the good potential of highresolution remotely sensed data to capture the main features of sediment dynamics, and therefore their relevance for a better understanding of the processes that govern sediment connectivity in coastal area.
Year: 2022