Angnuureng D. B., Brempong K. E., Jayson-Quashigah P. N., Dada O. A., Akuoko S. G. I., Frimpomaa J., Mattah P. A., Almar Rafaël. (2022). Satellite, drone and video camera multi-platform monitoring of coastal erosion at an engineered pocket beach : a showcase for coastal management at Elmina Bay, Ghana (West Africa). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 53, p. 102437 [12 p.]. ISSN 2352-4855.
Titre du document
Satellite, drone and video camera multi-platform monitoring of coastal erosion at an engineered pocket beach : a showcase for coastal management at Elmina Bay, Ghana (West Africa)
Année de publication
2022
Auteurs
Angnuureng D. B., Brempong K. E., Jayson-Quashigah P. N., Dada O. A., Akuoko S. G. I., Frimpomaa J., Mattah P. A., Almar Rafaël
Source
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2022,
53, p. 102437 [12 p.] ISSN 2352-4855
Regular monitoring of coastal areas is a prerequisite to evade any imminent erosive disaster. However, data-driven decisions become more uncertain when a monitoring platform is unable to capture events of a certain frequency. Erosion along Ghana's coastline is endemic as in most of the Gulf of Guinea countries in West Africa. The current challenge is how to document and understand the dimensions of erosion despite limited human and logistical capacity. In the present study, shoreline change was assessed by an intensive multi-platform data collection strategy deployed for a year at Elmina Bay, Ghana through the use of drones, a shore-based camera, Sentinel satellite images and a dumpy level. The potential causes and areas of erosion at Elmina were clearly identified at a very fine scale by our sediment budget calculations. While a section of the beach in front of the Elmina Castle was adequately protected by the presence of jetties , downdrift of the larger unprotected portion of the beach was out of balance with high erosion rates. Furthermore, the results revealed that frequent, local video cameras and drones are more effective for operational monitoring of shoreline changes at all time scales. Satellite imagery is also a potential alternative tool, but its low temporal resolution, compared with video cameras, makes it unsuitable for detecting daily or event-based beach changes, and is of low accuracy for practitioners and management decisions.
Plan de classement
Sciences du milieu [021]
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Limnologie physique / Océanographie physique [032]
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Géologie et formations superficielles [064]
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Informatique [122]
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Télédétection [126]
Description Géographique
GHANA ; GOLFE DE GUINEE ; ELMINA BAIE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010085271]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010085271
