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Assessment and Forecast of Shoreline Change Using Geo-Spatial Techniques in the Gulf of California

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  • Yedid Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80013, Mexico)

  • Wenseslao Plata-Rocha

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80013, Mexico)

  • Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80013, Mexico)

  • Cuauhtémoc Franco-Ochoa

    (Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80013, Mexico)

Abstract

In coastal regions, the combined effects of natural processes, human activity, and climate change have caused shoreline changes that may increase in the future. The assessment of these changes is essential for forecasting their future position for proper management. In this context, shoreline changes in the Gulf of California (GC), Mexico, have received little attention and no previous studies have addressed future forecasting. In this study, the researchers assessed the historical shoreline changes to forecast the long-term shoreline positions. To address this, shoreline data were obtained from Landsat satellite images for the years 1981, 1993, 2004, 2010, and 2020. The Net Shoreline Movement (NSM), Linear Regression Rate (LRR), End Point Rate (EPR), and Weighted Linear Regression (WLR) geo-spatial techniques were applied to estimate the shoreline change rate by using a Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) in the GIS environment. A Kalman filter model was used to forecast the position of the shoreline for the years 2030 and 2050. The results show that approximately 72% of the GC shoreline is undergoing steady erosion, and this trend is continuing in the future. This study has provided valuable and comprehensive baseline information on the state of the shoreline in the GC that can guide coastal engineers, coastal managers, and policymakers in Mexico to manage the risk. It also provides both long-term and large-scale continuous datasets that are essential for future studies focused on improving the shoreline forecast models.

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  • Yedid Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina & Wenseslao Plata-Rocha & Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta & Cuauhtémoc Franco-Ochoa, 2023. "Assessment and Forecast of Shoreline Change Using Geo-Spatial Techniques in the Gulf of California," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-22, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:4:p:782-:d:1111592
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