Irrigation and Water Engineering

Irrigation and Water Engineering

Investigating the Climatology of Coastal Changes in Gulf of Miankaleh

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Meysam Abedinpour 1
Reza Norooz Valashedi 2
Mojtaba khoshravesh 3
mahdi mokari 4
Danial Ghorbani 5
1 Water Eng., Department, Kashmar Higher Edu., Institute
2 Assistant Professor in Agrometeorology, Water Engineering Department, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.
3 Assistant professor, Water Engineering Department, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.
4 Assistant Prof. Water & Science Engineering, Kashmar Higher Education Institute
5 Water Eng., dEP., Ferdowsi University, Mashhad
10.22125/iwe.2020.107101
Abstract
Coastlines are one of the most important phenomenon in the surface of the earth, with a dynamic nature. Monitoring of coastal area is an important parameter for sustainable development and environmental protection. Coastal area monitoring requires the extraction of coastlines at different times. Today, data collection is considered as the most efficient source of information for the study of coastal landforms, tidal levels, coastline variation, and depth of the water. The purpose of this study was to estimate the changes in the coastline of the Miankaleh gulf area that is located on the southeast coast of the Caspian Sea, using remote sensing techniques. This study examines the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of coastline changes in the 44 years period. The main research tool is the MSS, TM, RVB, OLI and ETM+ Land Rover satellite images. The results of net changes show that, a deramatic rise was occurred in the gulf of Miankaleh. But after year of 1977, this trend was reversed. The coastal variation line with estimation of mean weighted suggests that, the study area was appears to be moderately antecedent, in the period of 44-year. 
Keywords
Mazandaran
Miankaleh
Remote Sensing
Monitoring of Changes
Wetland
Coastlines are one of the most important phenomenon in the surface of the earth, with a dynamic nature. Monitoring of coastal area is an important parameter for sustainable development and environmental protection. Coastal area monitoring requires the extraction of coastlines at different times. Today, data collection is considered as the most efficient source of information for the study of coastal landforms, tidal levels, coastline variation, and depth of the water. The purpose of this study was to estimate the changes in the coastline of the Miankaleh gulf area that is located on the southeast coast of the Caspian Sea, using remote sensing techniques. This study examines the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of coastline changes in the 44 years period. The main research tool is the MSS, TM, RVB, OLI and ETM+ Land Rover satellite images. The results of net changes show that, a deramatic rise was occurred in the gulf of Miankaleh. But after year of 1977, this trend was reversed. The coastal variation line with estimation of mean weighted suggests that, the study area was appears to be moderately antecedent, in the period of 44-year.