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Remote sensing emerges as a very effective technique to capture the dynamics of the coastal system, as it provides a holist view of the system at a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. However, the recent thrive of these systems has led to a broad variety of sensors and data, which can difficult the choice of the optimal sensor for a practical application. In mesoscale coastal environment applications and considering the universe of the solutions, Landsat program arises as a good compromise between spectral, radiometric, spatial and temporal resolutions, combined with free data access, supported by an efficient data sharing platform. The capabilities of the Landsat program was recently extended with the launch of a new satellite – Landsat 8, with improved radiometric and spectral resolution, opening the door to new studies. This work describes the applicability of these images in four case studies that demonstrates the potentialities of the Landsat program in what concerns: (1) time coverage – long-term evolution of an ephemeral ebb delta island; (2) frequency of coverage – seasonal evolution of a short-lived beach; (3) radiometric resolution – shoreline detection and extraction; (4) spectral resolution – bathymetric data retrieval.
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As of October 1, 2008, all Landsat 7 data became free to the public. In December 2009, all Landsat data in the USGS archive followed suit.
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Albedo – the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface.
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Acknowledgments
Landsat images from the years 1991 to 1998 are data provided by the European Space Agency, in the frame of ESA Project – ID 14512 – An Integrated Approach to Shoreline Evolution: Application to West Portuguese Coast. The remaining Landsat images are available at the USGS website (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).
The first author is supported by a Postdoc grant funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – FCT (grant # SFRH/BPD/81800/2011). The authors are also supported by the Beach to Canyon project – Beach to Canyon Head Sedimentary Processes (# PTDC/MAR/114674/2009).
The authors would also like to thanks Ana Bastos for the vectorization of the nautical chart and Mónica Ribeira for the review.
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Lira, C., Taborda, R. (2014). Advances in Applied Remote Sensing to Coastal Environments Using Free Satellite Imagery. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Remote Sensing and Modeling. Coastal Research Library, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06326-3_4
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