Remote sensing of morphodynamics

Abstract

Morphological changes in coastal areas, especially in the river estuaries, are of high interest, e.g. for maping, navigation, flood and landscape protection. Caused by the currents of both the tidal and river water masses morphodynamics in river estuaries are higher than in ordinary coastal region. Remote sensing techniques are frequently used to monitor these changes. Various datasets, techniques and applications will be presented here. These range from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and interferometric SAR (InSAR) to optical data, from airborne to spaceborne data, from coastal monitoring to digital elevation model (DEM) generation.