Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data

This study presents work to utilize multi synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to map the rate of spit change along the east coast of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Multi temporal SAR data are involved in ERS-1 and RADARSAT -1 SAR data. Two algorithms have implemented to extract the spit‘s boundary from...

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Main Authors: Marghany, Maged Mahmoud, Hashim, Mazlan, Sabu, Zarina
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Published: Academic Journals 2010
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author Marghany, Maged Mahmoud
Hashim, Mazlan
Sabu, Zarina
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description This study presents work to utilize multi synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to map the rate of spit change along the east coast of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Multi temporal SAR data are involved in ERS-1 and RADARSAT -1 SAR data. Two algorithms have implemented to extract the spit‘s boundary from multi-SAR data which are Lee and Enhance Lee algorithms. The two algorithms are applied to multi-SAR data with window kernel sizes of 3 x 3, 5 x 5, and 7 x 7, respectively. The rate of spit change is estimated using the traditional method of historical vectors overlaying technique which were acquired from multi-SAR data by manual digitizing. This study shows that Enhance Lee algorithm with kernel window size of 5x5 provides better speckles reduction. It is interesting too to find that the spit has dominated by accretion since 1993 to 2003 which is 7 months/year. It can be concluded that the multi-SAR data can be used for mapping coastal geomorphology change in tropical area such as Malaysia.
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spelling utm.eprints-262392018-11-30T06:23:11Z http://eprints.utm.my/26239/ Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data Marghany, Maged Mahmoud Hashim, Mazlan Sabu, Zarina T Technology This study presents work to utilize multi synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to map the rate of spit change along the east coast of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Multi temporal SAR data are involved in ERS-1 and RADARSAT -1 SAR data. Two algorithms have implemented to extract the spit‘s boundary from multi-SAR data which are Lee and Enhance Lee algorithms. The two algorithms are applied to multi-SAR data with window kernel sizes of 3 x 3, 5 x 5, and 7 x 7, respectively. The rate of spit change is estimated using the traditional method of historical vectors overlaying technique which were acquired from multi-SAR data by manual digitizing. This study shows that Enhance Lee algorithm with kernel window size of 5x5 provides better speckles reduction. It is interesting too to find that the spit has dominated by accretion since 1993 to 2003 which is 7 months/year. It can be concluded that the multi-SAR data can be used for mapping coastal geomorphology change in tropical area such as Malaysia. Academic Journals 2010 Article PeerReviewed Marghany, Maged Mahmoud and Hashim, Mazlan and Sabu, Zarina (2010) Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data. International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5 (12). 1890 - 1896. ISSN 1992-1950 https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJPS/article-abstract/633599E32137
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Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title_full Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title_fullStr Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title_full_unstemmed Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title_short Mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
title_sort mapping coastal geomorphology changes using synthetic aperture radar data
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