EPHESUS: Remote sensing for coastal processes in southern Bohai Sea, China.
F. Braga, P. Teatini, L. Tosi et al.
Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR, Venice, Italy
Q. Xing, M. Lou et al.
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai,
China
M. Bresciani
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, CNR, Milan, Italy
S. Pascucci
Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis, CNR, Rome, Italy
Q. Sun
Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China
ABSTRACT
Hydrological processes in coastal areas of the Southern Bohai Sea are highly impacted by
morphological changes and mixing between continental fresh waters (surficial and
groundwater) and marine waters. Natural factors combine with human perturbations
such as excessive exploitation of natural resources. The effects of overexploitation
are evident in coastal areas, considering e. g. salt contamination, land degradation,
pollution and subsidence, which determine serious damages to the soils, freshwater
resources as well as jeopardize the ecological system. The main purpose of
the ongoing project "EPHESUS - Ecological and Physical Effects of the Surficial
and groundwater exchanges between land and Sea" is directed to identify, assess and
monitor the effects on coastal ecosystem, which is exposed to those hazards, in order
to prevent further deterioration. In this work we present the rationale of the project
and describe the satellite data and the methods of investigation which will be used.
