RT journal article
T1 The application of satellite remote sensing to coastal dune environments: A systematic review
A1 Martín Gallego, María del Pilar
A1 Delgado Fernández, Irene
A1 Marston, Christopher
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 coastal dunes
K1 sandy coasts
K1 remote sensing
K1 satellite remote sensing
K1 coastal environments
AB Sandy coasts are dynamic landscapes due to long-term processes and short-term events leading to changes atvarious temporal and spatial scales. Coastal dune environments are well studied at a ‘micro’ scale, bothtemporal and spatial, using detailed and costly in-situ surveys. However, understanding their dynamics atmedium and large spatial scales is fundamental for coastal management and conservation. This review gathersrecent progress on the use of satellite remote sensing to study coastal dune environments at medium andlarge spatial scales (from beach scale to coastal landscape scale). It is motivated by the increasing availability ofsatellite data at resolutions which, coupled with other coastal monitoring systems, can be applied tounderstanding coastal processes at medium and large spatial scales and by the need to investigate the mostsuitable satellite sensors and remote sensing methods for coastal studies, with a focus on dune detection,characterisation and monitoring. The reader will obtain a range of useful information from practicalknowledge on landscape scale sandy coast mapping to discussions on linking plot and landform observationsto landscape scale. The outcomes of this review show an increasing availability of suitable satellite data andmethods that facilitate the exploration of coastal dune change at spatial and temporal resolutions that werenot possible until recently. Some of the benefits and challenges of using a range of satellite products to mapcoastal dune landscape elements (e.g., vegetation cover, topography), and how this information can be usedin coastal management in general, are discussed.
PB SAGE Publications Ltd
SN 1477-0296
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39387
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39387
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026