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2. Semantic segmentation of coastal aerial/satellite images using deep learning techniques: An application to coastline detection
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Scala, Pietro, Manno, Giorgio, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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- 2024
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3. A DAPSI(W)R(M) framework approach to characterization of environmental issues in touristic coastal systems. An example from Southern Spain
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Molina, Rosa, Di Paola, Gianluigi, Manno, Giorgio, Panicciari, Angelo, Anfuso, Giorgio, and Cooper, Andrew
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- 2023
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4. The opportunity of using wave energy converters in a Mediterranean hot spot
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Lo Re, Carlo, Manno, Giorgio, Basile, Mirko, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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- 2022
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5. A new shoreline change assessment approach for erosion management strategies
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Manno, Giorgio, Lo Re, Carlo, Basile, Mirko, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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- 2022
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6. Tsunami propagation and flooding maps: An application for the Island of Lampedusa, Sicily Channel, Italy.
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Borzì, Laura, Scala, Pietro, Distefano, Salvatore, Laksono, F. X. Anjar Tri, Manno, Giorgio, Innangi, Sara, Gamberi, Fabiano, Kovács, János, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, and Di Stefano, Agata
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NATURAL disasters ,EARTHQUAKES ,WATER depth ,FLOODS ,COASTS ,TSUNAMIS ,TSUNAMI warning systems - Abstract
The Mediterranean coastlines are densely populated zones which host key socio‐economic and commercial activities. For this reason, coastal areas are vulnerable sites in case of natural disasters as tsunamis that can strike coasts causing widespread damage to the population and facilities. For these reasons, several studies were performed over the last decade to study the impact of tsunami waves on the coasts. This research assessed the inundation risk due to a tsunami wave which can hit the southeastern coast of Lampedusa Island. The coastal low‐lying geomorphological setting of the southeastern part of the island led to significant socio‐economic growth, but Lampedusa falls within the Mediterranean Sea, a high‐tsunamigenic area, therefore, the need to investigate tsunami propagation and coastal flooding of this sensitive site emerged. For this scope, a calculation chain model was implemented incorporating three steps: the DELFT‐3D software for earthquake effects modelling, MIKE 21 Flow Model FM for nearshore propagation and HEC‐RAS for onshore tsunami inundation modelling. The simulations illustrate the impact of three tsunami scenarios with different magnitudes (Mw 8.5, 7.5, 6.5) generated by hypothetical earthquakes in the Hellenic Arc. In the Mw 8.5 magnitude scenario, significant flooding occurs in the harbour region, with maximum water depths reaching approximately 3.5 m. The maximum water velocity in this scenario reaches about 15 m/s in the eastern portion, adjacent to cliffs impacted by the tsunami wave. In contrast, the Mw 7.5 magnitude scenario demonstrates reduced flooded areas, with the cliffs containing the waves and preventing further flooding. Water depths and velocities in the Mw 7.5 scenario remain minimal. Changes in both propagation and flooding are not significant between scenarios Mw 7.5 and Mw 6.5. This methodology can be employed for more accurate tsunami wave simulations not only in the Mediterranean region but also in various case studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. Natural and Human Impacts on Coastal Areas.
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Asensio-Montesinos, Francisco, Molina, Rosa, Anfuso, Giorgio, Manno, Giorgio, and Lo Re, Carlo
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ENVIRONMENTAL mapping ,MARINE debris ,BEACH erosion ,OCEAN conditions (Weather) ,OIL spills ,MARINE pollution ,SHORE protection - Abstract
Coasts are the most densely populated regions in the world and are vulnerable to different natural and human factors, e.g., sea-level rise, coastal accretion and erosion processes, the intensification of sea storms and hurricanes, the presence of marine litter, chronic pollution and beach oil spill accidents, etc. Although coastal zones have been affected by local anthropic activities for decades, their impacts on coastal ecosystems is often unclear. Several papers are presented in this Special Issue detailing the interactions between natural processes and human impacts in coastal ecosystems all around the world. A better understanding of such natural and human impacts is therefore of great relevance to confidently predict their negative effects on coastal areas and thus promote different conservation strategies. The implementation of adequate management measures will help coastal communities adapt to future scenarios in the short and long term and prevent damage due to different pollution types, e.g., beach oil spill accidents, through the establishment of Environmental Sensitivity Maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. Evolution of the Beach–Dune Systems in Mediterranean Andalusia (Spain) Using Two Different Proxies.
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Molina, Rosa, Anfuso, Giorgio, González-Aguilar, Belén, Manno, Giorgio, and Cooper, J. Andrew G.
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BEACH erosion ,COASTAL changes ,COASTAL zone management ,EROSION ,GOVERNMENT aid - Abstract
Coastal environments are complex systems that are influenced by a combination of natural processes and human activities. Scientific interest in the effects of coastal erosion/accretion and climatic change-related processes has greatly increased in recent decades due to the growing human development along coastal areas. This paper investigates the state and evolution of beach–dune systems for the 1977–2001 and 2001–2019 periods of the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia (Spain) using two different proxies: the dune toe line, which was used to track foredunes evolution, and the high-water line, which was used to assess shoreline evolution. Results showed a general erosional behavior of the studied beach–dune systems and identified cases where the main trend was altered through human interventions. During the 1977–2001 period, foredunes essentially showed erosion (54%), accretion (24%), and stability (22%) and shorelines showed accretion (40%) and erosion and stability (34% each). During the 2001–2019 period, foredunes essentially showed erosion (42%), stability (30%), and accretion (28%), and shorelines showed erosion (40%), accretion (34%), and stability (26%). Combining the evolution classes of each proxy (dune toe/shoreline) allows the behavior of both shoreline proxies to be assessed together and provides insights additional to those derived from the use of a single proxy. In this regard, Erosion/erosion (EE) and Accretion/accretion (AA) were the most frequent behaviors in the first and second periods. The results obtained provide additional insights on the nature and drivers of coastal change that aid local coastal managers and administrations in understanding erosion processes. The method can be applied to other areas around the world where a similar database is available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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9. Masonry structures subjected to tsunami loads: Modeling issues and application to a case study
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Cavaleri, Liborio, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, Ferrotto, Marco Filippo, La Loggia, Goffredo, Lo Re, Carlo, and Manno, Giorgio
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- 2020
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10. Decadal evolution of coastline armouring along the Mediterranean Andalusia littoral (South of Spain)
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Manno, Giorgio, Anfuso, Giorgio, Messina, Enrica, Williams, Allan Thomas, Suffo, Miguel, and Liguori, Vincenzo
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- 2016
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11. Integration of microseism, wavemeter buoy, HF Radar and hindcast data to analyze the Mediterranean cyclone Helios
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Borzì, Alfio Marco, Minio, Vittorio, Plaen, Raphael, Lecocq, Thomas, Alparone, Salvatore, Aronica, Salvatore, Cannavò, Flavio, Capodici, Fulvio, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, D'Amico, Sebastiano, Contraffatto, Danilo, Grazia, Giuseppe, Fontana, Ignazio, Giacalone, Giovanni, Larocca, Graziano, Re, Carlo, Manno, Giorgio, Nardone, Gabriele, Orasi, Arianna, Picone, Marco, Scicchitano, Giovanni, and Cannata, Andrea
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In this work, we study a Mediterranean cyclone, that was called Helios and took place during the period 9–11 February 2023 in the southeastern part of Sicily and Malta Island, by a multiparametric approach combining microseism results with sea state and meteorological data provided by wavemeter buoy, HF Radar, hindcast maps and satellite SEVIRI images. The sub-tropical system Helios caused heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts and violent storm surges with significant wave heights greater than 5 meters. We deal with the relationships between such a system and the features of microseism (the most continuous and ubiquitous seismic signal on the Earth) in terms of spectral content, space-time variation of the amplitude and source locations tracked by means of two different methods (amplitude-based grid search and array techniques). By comparing the location of the microseism sources and the area affected by significant storm surges, derived from sea state data, we note that the microseism location results are in agreement with the real position of the storm surges. In addition, we are able to obtain the seismic signature of Helios using a method that exploits the coherence of continuous seismic noise. Hence, we show how an innovative monitoring system of the Mediterranean cyclones can be designed by integrating microseism information with other techniques routinely used to study meteorological phenomena.
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- 2023
12. Integration of microseism, wavemeter buoy, HF radar and hindcast data to analyze the Mediterranean cyclone Helios.
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Borzì, Alfio Marco, Minio, Vittorio, De Plaen, Raphael, Lecocq, Thomas, Alparone, Salvatore, Aronica, Salvatore, Cannavò, Flavio, Capodici, Fulvio, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, D'Amico, Sebastiano, Contrafatto, Danilo, Di Grazia, Giuseppe, Fontana, Ignazio, Giacalone, Giovanni, Larocca, Graziano, Lo Re, Carlo, Manno, Giorgio, Nardone, Gabriele, Orasi, Arianna, and Picone, Marco
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STORM surges ,CYCLONES ,OCEAN waves ,RADAR ,REMOTE-sensing images ,MICROSEISMS - Abstract
In this work, we study a Mediterranean cyclone, Helios, which took place during 9–11 February 2023 in the southeastern part of Sicily and Malta, by a multiparametric approach combining microseism results with sea state and meteorological data provided by wavemeter buoy, HF radar, hindcast maps and satellite SEVIRI images. The sub-tropical system Helios caused heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts and violent storm surges with significant wave heights greater than 5 m. We deal with the relationships between such a system and the features of microseism (the most continuous and ubiquitous seismic signal on Earth) in terms of spectral content, space–time variation of the amplitude and source locations tracked by means of two methods (amplitude-based grid search and array techniques). By comparing the location of the microseism sources and the area affected by significant storm surges derived from sea state data, we note that the microseism location results are in agreement with the real position of the storm surges. In addition, we are able to obtain the seismic signature of Helios using a method that exploits the coherence of continuous seismic noise. Hence, we show how an innovative monitoring system of the Mediterranean cyclones can be designed by integrating microseism information with other techniques routinely used to study meteorological phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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13. An Approach for the Validation of a Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: An Application in Sicily
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Manno, Giorgio, primary, Azzara, Grazia, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Martinello, Chiara, additional, Basile, Mirko, additional, Rotigliano, Edoardo, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2022
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14. Coastal dynamics analyzer (CDA): A QGIS plugin for transect based analysis of coastal erosion
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Scala, Pietro, Manno, Giorgio, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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- 2024
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15. A regional approach for exploring the relation between sediment transport and coastal erosion in Sicily
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Azzara, Grazia, Manno, Giorgio, Martinello, Chiara, Lo Re, Carlo, Mercurio, Claudio, Basile, Mirko, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, Rotigliano, Edoardo, Azzara, Grazia, Manno, Giorgio, Martinello, Chiara, Lo Re, Carlo, Mercurio, Claudio, Basile, Mirko, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, and Rotigliano, Edoardo
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Sediment transport, coastal erosion, WaTEM/SEDEM model - Abstract
To study on a regional basis, the relation between fluvial sediment delivery and coastal erosion, the historical record of coastline migration of Sicily was analyzed with respect to the estimated sediment delivery to the coast obtained from the spatially distributed sediment delivery WaTEM/SEDEM model. The latter was directly acquired from the ESDAC database as a 25 m pixel layers, being based on the combination between the RUSLE model and a transport capacity routing algorithm. At the same time, the coastline-evolution (accretion/retreatment) data for 1960/1994 and 1994/2012 intervals were processed. This dataset, provided by ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), is made by vectorial polygons, corresponding to erosion or accretion areas obtained by the intersection between two coastlines. The dataset contains polygons related to the 1960-1994 and 1994-2012 periods. Once a common baseline was extracted from 2019 satellite images, 22 Physiographic Units (PU) were identified. The PU was defined based on geomorphologic criteria and by assuming a null net sediment budget (null sediment transport between two PU neighboring). Each coastal PU was connected to its contributing fluvial basins, also assigning the expected sediment delivery at the coastline. To perform the analysis, cross profiles along the coastline were generated and intersected with the polygons, calculating a response value, in terms of retreatment or accretion, to each of the cross-profile centroids. Finally, for each PU, the cumulated variations were computed. PUs with significant cumulative variations (more than 2 km) in at least one of the two epochs were identified and three different patterns were detected: accretion/retreatment, retreatment/accretion, and retreatment/retreatment. The response observed for the different PUs was then analyzed considering estimated sediment delivery, recognizing coherent (large sediment delivery = accretion) and incoherent (large sediment delivery = retreatment) behaviors, which have been interpreted as controlled by the history of soil/coastal erosion management practices. In particular, in spite of a very high expected sediment delivery, more than three-quarters of the Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Tyrrhenian coast resulted as affected by a marked retreat in 60-94 (same tens of meters) and a moderate accretion in 94-12, as the result of extensive coastal works which have been realized to mitigate coastal erosion.
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- 2022
16. The i-waveNet project and the integrated sea wave measurements in the Mediterranean sea
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Aronica, Salvatore, primary, Cannata, Andrea, additional, Cannavo, Flavio, additional, Capodici, Fulvio, additional, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional, D'Amico, Sebastiano, additional, Gauci, Adam, additional, Carlo, Lo Re, additional, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Nardone, Gabriele, additional, and Orasi, Arianna, additional
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- 2022
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17. Caracterización y evolución del sistema playa-duna de la costa mediterránea de Andalucía (España): influencia de procesos naturales y actuaciones antrópicas
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Molina-Gil, Rosa, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, and Anfuso, Giorgio, additional
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- 2022
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18. Optimizing CVI-based heuristic approach for regional coastal vulnerability assessment in Sicily and 2000-2019 shoreline change calibration.
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Azzara, Grazia, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Martinello, Chiara, additional, Basile, Mirko, additional, Mercurio, Claudio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional, and Rotigliano, Edoardo, additional
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- 2022
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19. A regional approach for exploring the relation between sediment transport and coastal erosion in Sicily.
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Azzara, Grazia, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Martinello, Chiara, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Mercurio, Claudio, additional, Basile, Mirko, additional, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional, and Rotigliano, Edoardo, additional
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- 2022
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20. Susceptibility analysis for seismically-induced landslides: application to the 2001 earthquakes in El Salvador (C.A.)
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Mercurio, Claudio, primary, Martinello, Chiara, additional, Azzara, Grazia, additional, Argueta Platero, Abel Alexei, additional, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Cappadonnia, Chiara, additional, Conoscenti, Christian, additional, and Rotigliano, Edoardo, additional
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- 2022
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21. Tsunami Vulnerability Evaluation for a Small Ancient Village on Eastern Sicily Coast
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Lo Re, Carlo, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Basile, Mirko, additional, Ferrotto, Marco Filippo, additional, Cavaleri, Liborio, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2022
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22. An Approach for the Validation of a Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: An Application in Sicily.
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Manno, Giorgio, Azzara, Grazia, Lo Re, Carlo, Martinello, Chiara, Basile, Mirko, Rotigliano, Edoardo, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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COASTAL changes ,GEOMORPHOLOGY ,OCEAN conditions (Weather) ,RIVER sediments ,COASTAL mapping ,WATERSHEDS - Abstract
In recent decades, coastal erosion phenomena have increased due to climate change. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme events and the poor sediment supply by anthropized river basins (dams, river weirs, culverts, etc.) have a crucial role in coastal erosion. Therefore, an integrated analysis of coastal erosion is crucial to produce detailed and accurate coastal erosion vulnerability information to support mitigation strategies. This research aimed to assess the erosion vulnerability of the Sicilian coast, also including a validation procedure of the obtained scenario. The coastal vulnerability was computed by means of the CeVI (Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index) approach, which considers physical indicators such as geomorphology and geology, coastal slope, sea storms, wave maxima energy flux and sediment supply to river mouths. Each indicator was quantified using indexes which were assessed considering transects orthogonal to the coastline in 2020. These transects were clustered inside natural compartments called littoral cells. Each cell was assumed to contain a complete cycle of sedimentation and not to have sediment exchange with the near cells. Physical parameters were identified to define a new erosion vulnerability index for the Sicilian coast. By using physical indexes (geological/geomorphological, erosion/sediment supply, sea storms, etc.), the CeVI was calculated both for each littoral cell and for the transects that fall into retreating/advancing coastal areas. The vulnerability index was then validated by comparing CeVI values and the coastline change over time. The validation study showed a direct link between the coastline retreat and high values of CeVI. The proposed method allowed for a detailed mapping of the Sicilian coastal vulnerability, and it will be useful for coastal erosion risk management purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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23. Correction: Molina et al. Storm Energy Flux Characterization along the Mediterranean Coast of Andalusia (Spain). Water 2019, 11, 509
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Molina, Rosa, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Anfuso, Giorgio, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2021
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24. Shoreline Evolution and Environmental Changes at the NW Area of the Gulf of Gela (Sicily, Italy)
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Borzì, Laura, primary, Anfuso, Giorgio, additional, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Distefano, Salvatore, additional, Urso, Salvatore, additional, Chiarella, Domenico, additional, and Di Stefano, Agata, additional
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- 2021
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25. Shoreline Evolution and Environmental Changes at the NW Area of the Gulf of Gela (Sicily, Italy)
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Ciencias de la Tierra, Borzì, Laura, Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio, Manno, Giorgio, Distefano, Salvatore, Urso, Salvatore, Chiarella, Domenico, Di Stefano, Agata, Ciencias de la Tierra, Borzì, Laura, Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio, Manno, Giorgio, Distefano, Salvatore, Urso, Salvatore, Chiarella, Domenico, and Di Stefano, Agata
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Coastal areas are among the most biologically productive, dynamic and valued ecosystems on Earth. They are subject to changes that greatly vary in scale, time and duration and to additional pressures resulting from anthropogenic activities. The aim of this work was to investigate the shoreline evolution and the main environmental changes of the coastal stretch between the towns of Licata and Gela (in the Gulf of Gela, Sicily, Italy). The methodology used in this work included the analysis of: (i) shoreline changes over the long- and medium-term periods (1955–2019 and 1989–2019, respectively), (ii) dune system fragmentation and (iii) the impact of coastal structures (harbours and breakwaters) on coastal evolution. The shoreline change analysis mainly showed a negative trend both over the long- and medium-term periods, with a maximum retreat of 3.87 m/year detected over the medium-term period down-drift of the Licata harbour. However, a few kilometres eastward from the harbour, significant accretion was registered where a set of breakwaters was emplaced. The Shoreline Change Envelope (SCE) showed that the main depositional phenomena occurred during the decade between 1955 and 1966, whereas progressive and constant erosion was observed between 1966 and 1989 in response to the increasing coastal armouring.
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- 2021
26. Dune Systems’ Characterization and Evolution in the Andalusia Mediterranean Coast (Spain)
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Molina, Rosa, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, and Anfuso, Giorgio, additional
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- 2020
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27. Tsunami Propagation and Flooding in Sicilian Coastal Areas by Means of a Weakly Dispersive Boussinesq Model
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Lo Re, Carlo, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2020
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28. A Methodological Approach to Determine Sound Response Modalities to Coastal Erosion Processes in Mediterranean Andalusia (Spain)
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Molina, Rosa, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Anfuso, Giorgio, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2020
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29. The Mediterranean Coast of Andalusia (Spain): Medium-Term Evolution and Impacts of Coastal Structures
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Molina, Rosa, primary, Anfuso, Giorgio, additional, Manno, Giorgio, additional, and Gracia Prieto, F. Javier, additional
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- 2019
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30. Storm Energy Flux Characterization along the Mediterranean Coast of Andalusia (Spain)
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Molina, Rosa, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, Anfuso, Giorgio, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2019
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31. Wave Energy Assessment around the Aegadian Islands (Sicily)
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Re, Carlo, primary, Manno, Giorgio, additional, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional, and Besio, Giovanni, additional
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- 2019
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32. Environmental analysis of the sediments in the beaches of the Gulf of Palermo (Italy)
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, Liguori, V, and Manno, G
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shoreline ,sediment ,beache ,erosion ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata ,beaches ,sediments - Published
- 2016
33. Evoluzione della linea di riva: un approccio idraulico per il caso studio della spiaggia di Lido Signorino (Marsala)
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Manno Giorgio, Lo Re Carlo, Ferreri Giovanni Battista, Monteforte Massimiliano, Ciraolo Giuseppe, Manno Giorgio, Lo Re Carlo, Ferreri Giovanni Battista, Monteforte Massimiliano, and Ciraolo Giuseppe
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Linea di riva, run-up, SWAN - Abstract
L’evoluzione della linea di riva, limite tra terra e mare, è causata dall’interazione fra l’energia del moto ondoso e l’assorbimento di questa da parte della spiaggia. Il moto ondoso e le correnti che evolvono lungo il litorale, e in particolare il frangimento e la risalita delle onde sulla spiaggia, hanno un ruolo determinante nei processi fisici costieri più rilevanti. L'obiettivo di questo studio è stato quello di analizzare le variazioni della posizione della linea di riva di una spiaggia, dissipativa e a debole pendenza localizzata nella costa occidentale siciliana. Tale spiaggia, con un’estensione N-S di circa 3,5 km, ricade a sud della città di Marsala, tra due promontori sui quali si trovano due torri di avvistamento del XVI sec., in particolare Torre Tunna e Torre Sibilliana. Lo studio si è basato sull'analisi e il georiferimento di immagini aeree e satellitari con le quali sono stati ricostruiti fotomosaici dell'intera area in studio, ciascuno dei quali, corrisponde ad un diverso anno di osservazione. La linea di riva è stata riconosciuta e mappata, attraverso l'identificazione del limite asciutto/bagnato (linea di massimo run-up) e solo dopo tale operazione è stato possibile ricostruire l'evoluzione storica del litorale, in termini di arretramenti e avanzamenti annuali, applicando il metodo statistico della U.S. Geological Survay. Tale metodo oltre a tenere conto delle incertezze sulla posizione della linea di riva, dovute all'analisi delle immagini, considera anche le incertezze relative all'azione del moto ondoso e delle maree. Quindi al fine di conoscere queste incertezze, è stato svolto uno studio idraulico-marittimo. Partendo dai parametri d'onda registrati dalla vicina boa di Mazara del Vallo, sono state propagate le onde (modello spettrale SWAN) da largo a sotto costa e una volta note le caratteristiche dell'onda in acque basse è stato calcolato il run-up attraverso un modello alla Boussinesq. Infine, l’analisi delle misure mareali registrate in un porto vicino alla spiaggia in studio (Porto Empedocle), ha permesso, la stima delle incertezze dovute alle fluttuazioni di marea. L'analisi idraulica-marittima integrata al metodo statistico, ha permesso di stimare incertezze della posizione della linea di riva tra 1,9 m e 8,6 m. Comunque lo studio ha messo in luce che il bilancio sedimenti della spiaggia è praticamente invariato, e la superficie totale di costa in accrescimento è leggermente più grande dell'area in arretramento.
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- 2014
34. Uncertainties in shoreline position analysis: the role of run-up and tide in a gentle slope beach
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Manno, Giorgio, primary, Lo Re, Carlo, additional, and Ciraolo, Giuseppe, additional
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- 2017
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35. LANDSLIDE EFFECTS IN A HISTORIC SICILIAN TOWN.
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LIGUORI, VINCENZO and MANNO, GIORGIO
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The town of Agrigento is set in a physically fragile environment between unstable slopes and ancient structures in urgent need of conservation and restoration. Geomorphological studies were performed for the analysis and monitoring of the landslide involving the historic area of Agrigento (Italy), whose stability is threatened by retrogressive landslide processes. Up to 2-5 mm/year displacement are observed in 1992-2008 on the staircase and the lift aisle of the ancient Cathedral of the town (11th Century). Displacement acceleration to 13-15 mm/yr is measured in July 2006-May 2007. The areas moving at higher rates, located at the edge of the NW slope of Agrigento hill, which is made by a typical transgressive succession of a sandy-clay sequence with various calcarenite bodies (Agrigento formation). This sequence are probably discontinuously, on clay soils from the Middle-Upper Pliocene (Monte Narbone Formation). The area has been unstable since 1315, involving both the little-welded, very porous and fractured calcarenitic sections (E-W) from Pleistocene and the clay layers interstratified within these sections. Since 1924, from time to time, various typologies of disruption have occurred: falls, flows and more complex phenomena. From 2007 until now the collapse has been the object of several studies that used different research techniques (interferometric, aerial and satellite images analysis, geognostic and geo-physical surveys, etc.) as well as of a permanent monitoring activity. In order to rebuilding the geological model and identifying the typology of the landslide phenomenon, we analyzed all the available data. This analysis will be support to the most suitable solution to mitigate the risk and safeguard the monuments and houses located in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
36. Diachronic analysis of the shoreline in San Leone beach (Agrigento-Sicily)
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MANNO, Giorgio, CIRAOLO, Giuseppe, Foti, C, Di Stefano, A, Monaco, C, Manno, G, and Ciraolo, G
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beach, shoreline, erosion, monitoring ,Settore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E Idrologia ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Abstract
In the last century the Italian coasts and the Sicilian ones, suffered of a radical transformation due to a large population increase. The coastal areas settlements is related to the growth of the industrial activities, the development of tourism and the associated expansion of the road network. The development of these activities, have encouraged the rapid growth of populated areas without adequate urban planning and environmental criteria. In many cases, private houses, hotels, roads or railways covered or occupied entire coastal areas, such as destroying several kilometers of backshore dune systems. In addition, the construction or expansion of ports and fishing marinas effected the natural drift of sediments and the exposed beaches. A useful tool to pursuit the economic and environmental sustainability of a coastal is to adopt an integrated and dynamic management approach of the coastal areas. In this framework, the study of coastal dynamics becomes a critical process to the proper management of the shoreline (Crowell 1977, De Lillis 2004). The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution (in terms of advances and retreats) of a sandy beach located on the southern coast of Sicily. This is the beach of San Leone (Agrigento), which takes its name from the nearby touristic settlement, once a small seafaring. This part of the coast has undergone strong anthropogenic pressures over time, especially due to the expansion of the marina that produced the substantial changes of the beaches. Unfortunately coastal works already completed to protect stretches of beach, for which they were designed, at the same time they have also produced undesired effects in neighboring coastal stretches, moving these dynamical coastal phenomena just in the “defenseless” zones.
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- 2015
37. Medium-term shoreline evolution of the mediterranean coast of Andalusia (SW Spain)
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Liguori, Vincenzo, Manno, Giorgio, Messina, Enrica, Anfuso, Giorgio, Suffo, Miguel, Liguori, V., Manno, G., Messina, E., Anfuso, G., and Suffo, M.
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coast, shoreline, coastal erosion, rate-of-change, aerial photographs ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Abstract
Coastal environment is a dynamic system in which numerous natural processes are continuously actuating and interacting among them. As a result, geomorphologic, physical and biological characteristics of coastal environments are constantly changing. Such dynamic balance is nowadays seriously threatened by the strong and increasing anthropic pressure that favors erosion processes, and the associated loss of environmental, ecologic and economic aspects. Sandy beaches are the most vulnerable environments in coastal areas. The aim of this work was to reconstruct the historical evolution of the Mediterranean coastline of Andalusia, Spain. The investigated area is about 500 km in length and includes the provinces of Cadiz, Malaga, Granada and Almeria. It is essentially composed by cliffed sectors with sand and gravel pocket beaches constituting independent morphological cells of different dimensions. This study was based on the analysis of aerial photos and satellite images covering a period of 55 years, between 1956 and 2011. Aerial photos were scanned and geo-referenced in order to solve scale and distortion problems. The shoreline was considered and mapped through the identification of the wet / dry sand limit which coincides with the line of maximum run-up; this indicator - representing the shoreline at the moment of the photo - is the most easily identifiable and representative one in microtidal coastal environments. Since shoreline position is linked to beach profile characteristics and to waves, tide and wind conditions at the moment of the photo, such parameters were taken into account in the calculation of shoreline position and changes. Specifically, retreat/accretion changes were reconstructed applying the DSAS method (Digital Shoreline Analysis System) proposed by the US Geological Survey. Significant beach accretion was observed at Playa La Mamola (Granada), with +1 m/y, because the construction of five breakwaters, and at Playa El Cantal (Almeria) and close to Garrucha harbor, with values of +2 m/y. Erosion rates ranged from -0.4 m/y (at Playa Casarones, Rubite) and -0.7 m/y (at Playa Castillos de Baños, Granada) to c. -2 m/y (at Punta de los Hornicos, Almeria). The analysis of coastline evolution revealed as the distribution of erosion areas is strictly related to the incorrect design of coastal structures and their negative effects on downdrift areas. Obtained results clearly evidenced as, in order to evaluate the efficiency of emplaced coastal defense structures, a continuous coastal evolution monitoring plan should be implemented.
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- 2015
38. The mediterranean coast of Andalusia (sw spain): the impacts of human coastal structures
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Liguori, Vincenzo, Manno, Giorgio, Messina, Enrica, Anfuso, Giorgio, Suffo, Miguel, Liguori, V., Manno, G., Messina, E., Anfuso, G., and Suffo, M.
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coast, coastal structures, coastal armouring, shoreline ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Abstract
Spanish coasts, especially the Andalusia Mediterranean one, were affected over time by progressive urbanization and associated construction of defense structures. Such structures protected small coastal sectors but at places triggered processes of coastal erosion and associated degradation of habitats and ecosystems. A correct management of coastal areas must be based on the monitoring of coastal evolution and human pressure. A useful tool to evaluate the level of human anthropization is the estimation of the "Coastal Armouring", e.g. the quantification of coastal defense structures, infrastructures, ports, etc. In this study, available aerial photographs and satellite images from 1956 to 2011 were scanned and geo-referenced and used for the quantitative assessment of coastal human constructions impact on the studied coastal area. The so called coefficient of technogenous impact (K) was used. It results from the relationship between the total length of all maritime structures (groins, moles, seawalls, dikes, channels, etc.) and the entire length of the study coastal section. For this purpose, the Andalusia coast, about 500 km in length, was divided into sections of 1 km. For each one of such sections the technogenous impact was calculated in the 1956 and 2011 documents. The analysis showed that the degree of anthropization in some areas (for example the Port of Montril) has increased considerably, triggering degradation processes in the nearby coastal areas. Results also evidenced as, in many cases, greatest human impacts are linked to the progressive construction of coastal defense. The lack of a general strategy to combat the erosion problem and the urgency in the short term to protect specific parts of the coast led to a reactive approach based initially in the construction of hard structures. Such interventions locally solved erosion problems but gave rise to drowndrift erosion according to the “domino” effect. A more general management plan is needed, essentially based on the by-pass of ports and harbors and beach nourishment works.
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- 2015
39. Geomorphological environment: dunes in Agrigento coast
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Liguori, Vincenzo, Manno, Giorgio, Caruso, Francesco, Liguori Vincenzo, Manno Giorgio, and Caruso Francesco
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Geomorphology ,Coastal environment, dunes, coastal geomorphology - Abstract
[ITA] La fascia costiera di San Leone (Agrigento-Siclia). è costituita da una spiaggia sabbiosa delimítala verso terra da un complesso dunale di particolare pregio. L'assetto geomorfologico di questo litorale è stato inlluenzato dal forte grado di antropizzazione del luogo. La fascia costiera nel tempo ha súbito degli avanzamenti e arreiramenti. Sono stati quindi analizzati e proposti alcuni rimedi. mirali alia ricostruzione. al mantenimenlo e alia diíesa della duna., [ENG] The coastline of San Leone (Agrigento) is characterised by sandy beaches delimited on the interior by a particular dunal complex. The geomorphological aspects of this coast nave been influenced by a high degree of site anthropization and undergone advances and regressions over time. Several recommendations for reconstructing. maintaining and defending the dunes are proposed and analysed.
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- 2007
40. Slope instability in a historical and architectural interest site: the Agrigento hill (Sicily-Italy)
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, Liguori, V, and Manno G
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Rotational landslide, rockfall, hazard, architectural heritage ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Published
- 2014
41. Coastal dynamics in western Sicily
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, Agate, F., Liguori, V, Manno, G, and Agate, F
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coast, shoreline, management - Published
- 2014
42. Geological and geomorphological aspects of the landslide of the Cathedral of Agrigento (Sicily-Italy)
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, Liguori, V, and Manno, G
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Landslide, hazard, rotational slides, architectural heritage ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Published
- 2014
43. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SHORELINE LOCALIZATION METHODS BY MEANS OF AERIAL OR SATELLITE IMAGERY ON MEDITERRANEAN SANDY BEACHES
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MANNO, Giorgio, FERRERI, Giovanni Battista, BARBARO, Gaspare, BEVILACQUA, Antonio, FRANCO, Vincenzo, MALLANDRINO, Giuseppe, ORLANDO, Pietro, RUISI, Vincenzo, VILLA, Benedetto, ZITO, Marianna, Manno, G, Ferreri, G.B, Barbaro, G, Bevilacqua, A, Franco, V, Mallandrino, G, Orlando, P, Ruisi, V, Villa, B, and Zito, M
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aerial imagery ,run-up ,tide ,sandy beache ,Shoreline localization - Abstract
Shoreline localization is fundamental for designing and planning shore protection works as well as for managing and monitoring various anthropic activities along the coast. The sea-land boundary, however, changes continually with time because of waves and tides, which makes the shoreline detection complex and dubious and the boundary line finally assumed can only be conventional. In the last few decades the use of several geomorphologic indicators has been proposed, such as the berm above sea level, the groundwater exit point, historic high tide levels, etc., but the aim has not been achieved yet. Among the methods used, analysis of aerial and satellite imagery is common, in particular when historic evolution of the coast has to be reconstructed. However, the land-sea boundary obtained by images is just one of the countless instantaneous boundaries, which is determined by the particular position of the sea surface and beach geomorphology at the time when images are taken. In this paper a multidisciplinary method is used to estimate the uncertainties caused by wave motion and tides on the shoreline position assessed by aerial or satellite imagery. The method is applied to a beach of the Mediterranean Sea in geomorphologic equilibrium, on the west coast of Sicily. The method explicitly takes into account various physical aspects of the coastal stretch studied and can be adopted for other analogous beaches.
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- 2013
44. Sinkholes: dissoluzione delle evaporiti in Sicilia centromeridionale
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, Saia, S., Liguori, V, Manno, G, and Saia, S
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sinkholes, mine, evaporites, salt, hazard ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Published
- 2013
45. LOCALIZZAZIONE DELLA LINEA DI RIVA, IN SPIAGGE SABBIOSE STABILI,CONSIDERANDO LE FLUTTUAZIONI DA ONDE E MAREE
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MANNO, Giorgio, Manno, ., and Ciraolo, Giuseppe
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SPIAGGE ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata ,LINEA DI RIVA ,FLUTTUAZIONI ,ONDE ,MAREE - Abstract
La linea di riva è definita come la linea di contatto tra la superficie del mare e la terra. La posizione della linea di riva muta continuamente nel tempo a causa della natura dinamica dei livelli idrici presenti in prossimità del litorale, come onde e maree. La variabilità della linea di riva e le tendenze evolutive dei litorali, sono state e sono tuttora oggetto di numerose ricerche, svolte sia a breve sia a lungo termine. Le continue modifiche dei litorali dipendono da diverse cause: i cambiamenti dovuti alle variazioni del livello idrico (per es. onde, tsunami, maree, innalzamento del livello del mare) e le modifiche geomorfologiche (es. la formazione di barre, cuspidi, ecc.). Per tali ragioni, conoscere come cambia nel tempo la posizione della linea di riva, diventa importante per la progettazione e la pianificazione costiera, per la suddivisione di tali aree in zone a rischio, per la distinzione delle aree demaniali da quelle private e l’applicazione di modelli morfodinamici di previsione (analisi erosione-deposito). Individuare la posizione della linea di riva significa anche ottenere informazioni sui cambiamenti che essa ha subito sia a causa della presenza di opere marittime (pennelli, barriere frangiflutto, porti, ecc.), sia a causa delle stesse modifiche che subisce la spiaggia. A quanto detto va aggiunto che identificare la posizione della linea di riva è utile anche a quantificare, in termini di forma e volume, le modifiche subite da una spiaggia. Per tutte queste ragioni la posizione della linea di riva è il più comune indicatore geomorfologico nella aree costiere. Abitualmente, la linea di riva viene identificata attraverso l’uso di immagini aeree ed utilizzata per la ricostruzione dell’evoluzione storica dei litorali. Tuttavia, le informazioni estratte da tali immagini, descrivendo il confine istantaneo acqua-terra, garantiscono l’individuazione della linea di riva esclusivamente come limite asciutto/bagnato presente al momento della ripresa, senza fornire alcuna indicazione riguardo alle condizioni medie. In questa tesi è stato proposto un nuovo metodo multidisciplinare che permette di identificare la posizione della linea di riva, mediante l’utilizzo di immagini aeree, considerando però gli effetti che il moto ondoso e le maree hanno sulla posizione della stessa (gli effetti del trasporto solido e delle correnti sono stati trascurati). L’applicazione di questo metodo ha implicato l’uso di diverse tecniche di differenti discipline, integrandole allo scopo di facilitare il posizionamento del limite cercato. Fasi peculiari nel metodo messo a punto sono, lo studio topografico-geomorfologico e lo studio idraulico. Sebbene i rilievi geologico-geomorfologico siano stati essenzialmente descrittivi, essi sono risultati complementari e funzionali allo studio idraulico. La conoscenza delle caratteristiche geomorfologiche della spiaggia e delle fluttuazioni del livello idrico superficiale (onde e maree), garantisce infatti un livello di accuratezza maggiore nella stima della linea di riva. La natura dinamica della linea di riva, infatti suggerisce che questo confine acqua/terra non può essere identificato attraverso una singola linea ma da una fascia a causa delle continue oscillazioni. vi Il metodo è stato applicato ad una spiaggia in equilibrio geomorfologico del Mediterraneo ricadente nella costa occidentale della Sicilia. Lo studio geomorfologico ha descritto fisicamente la spiaggia emersa e sommersa: a) identificando i morfotipi, b) caratterizzando la granulometria e la composizione dei sedimenti e c) ricostruendo i profili. Lo studio idraulico è stato svolto in quattro fasi: 1) reperimento dei dati di onde e maree, 2) individuazione della mareggiata “ordinaria” e della fluttuazione mareale, 3) propagazione del moto ondoso da largo fino ad acque basse e 4) calcolo del run-up. Per prendere in considerazione gli effetti delle onde sulla posizione della linea di riva, è stato considerato il concetto di mareggiata “ordinaria”, citato dalla Corte di Cassazione (Sez., Un., 02/05/1962, n.849) che definisce Lido quella “porzione di riva che non solo è a contatto diretto con le acque del mare, ma ne resta coperto dalle ordinarie mareggiate”. Per ricavare i parametri della mareggiata ordinaria è stato condotto uno studio statistico degli eventi estremi attraverso il metodo delle mareggiate triangolari equivalenti (m.t.e.). Per confrontare i risultati è stata svolta anche un’analisi statistica dei massimi valori usando la classica legge di Weibull (direzionale e omnidirezionale). Entrambe le analisi hanno dato come risultato le altezze d’onda significative per tempo di ritorno di un anno, considerate in questo studio come rappresentative delle condizioni di “mareggiata ordinaria”. Una volta note le altezze d’onda significative, per ciascuna direzione di provenienza, è stato utilizzato un modello di propagazione del moto ondoso (SWAN - Simulating Waves Nearshore). Il modello ha calcolato i cambiamenti dei parametri d’onda nella propagazione da largo a sotto costa. I dati così ottenuti sono stati utilizzati per il calcolo del run-up, assunto come la massima elevazione verticale del livello medio marino, rispetto al livello di quiete. Infine l’analisi dell’influenza sul posizionamento della linea di riva legata alle maree astronomiche, è stata condotta prendendo come riferimento una serie di dati mareografici relativi al periodo compreso tra 1999 e il 2009. Concluso lo studio idraulico e note le oscillazioni mareali e delle onde è stata definita una fascia di incertezza attorno alla linea individuata dalle immagini aeree. La striscia di spiaggia, delimitata utilizzando il concetto di “mareggiata ordinaria di tempo di ritorno pari a un anno”, ha suggerito che tale area appartiene statisticamente più al mare che alla terra. Ulteriori miglioramenti possono essere introdotti in futuro per tenere conto degli effetti del trasporto dei sedimenti, delle correnti e delle modifiche dei fondali in termini di batimetria. The shoreline is defined as the contact line between the land and sea surface. Due to the dynamic nature of water levels at the coastal boundary, such as waves and tides, the shoreline position incessantly changes in time. The shoreline variability and coastal trends have been the main object of several researches and it is the main target of this thesis. The continuous changing of shoreline position depends on several causes: that due to the hydrodynamic (e.g. waves, tsunami, tides, sea level rise, storm surge) and geomorphological change (e.g. barrier island formation, spit development). Consequently, the exact understanding of shoreline dynamic is important for a wide range of coastal studies such as: a) management and planning of coastal zones, b) hazard mapping, c) defining the exact boundary between state and private owned areas and d) for conceptual or predictive modelling of coastal morphodynamics (erosionaccretion analysis). Moreover, the location of the shoreline can provide information about shoreline changes due to man-made structures (groins, breakwaters, harbors, ecc.) and about beaches dynamic (shape and volume). The aforementioned elements are useful to quantify rates of change in time. For all these reasons the shoreline position is the most common morphologic indicator of coastal areas. Usually, the shoreline is positioned by means of aerial images interpretation and then the evolution in time is obtained by a time series images analysis. However, the shoreline position extracted from aerial images only represents the wet/dry line that describes the instantaneous land-water boundary at the instant of the acquisition without providing any information concerning to the “normal” or “average” conditions. In this thesis a novel multidisciplinary method which allows the estimation of the shoreline position by means of remotely sensed images, considering the effects of waves and tides, has been proposed. The application of this method involves several techniques used in other disciplines which were integrated in order to trace the shoreline. The key steps of the proposed method involve the topographic-geomorphic and hydraulic studies. Even if the geological and the geomorphological survey were mainly descriptive, they are functional to the hydraulic study. The understanding of the geomorphological characteristics and the surface water level fluctuations (waves and tides), provides a greater level of accuracy for shoreline positioning. In fact the dynamic nature of the shoreline suggests that this water-land boundary cannot be defined as a single line but it has to be positioned within a strip. The method has been applied to a Mediterranean beach located in the western Sicily. This beach is geomorphologically in equilibrium as demonstrated by the geomorphological study and by the physical description of the submerged and emerged beach. Physical characteristics description has been completed with the size and composition of sediments analysis. Moreover, the beach profiles and their average slopes were also obtained. viii The hydraulic study was divided into four steps: 1) wave and tide data collection, 2) identification of “ordinary” sea storm and tides fluctuation, 3) propagation of waves from offshore to nearshore and 4) run-up computation. In order to take into account the wave effects on the shoreline position during one year, the concept of “ordinary” sea storm was used. As defined by the Italian law the shoreline (“lido” in Italian), is the beach zone in contact whit the sea and covered by water during an “ordinary” sea storm. In this study 1 year return period was considered as representative of “ordinary” conditions (as reported in the Italian juridical definition - Corte di Cassazione, Sez., Un., 02/05/1962, n.849). In order to evaluate the parameters of a “ordinary” sea storm, a statistic analysis of extreme events has been performed. This analysis was carried out using the concept of “equivalent triangular storm” (e.t.s.). The e.t.s. results were compared with the application of directional and omni-directional Weibull probability density functions on the wave data. Both analyses produced similar results and they gave the significant wave height for each return period considered. Once the significant wave heights and the associated return periods for each wind sector were known, a propagation model (SWAN - Simulating Waves Nearshore), was used to calculate height and period changes of a wave propagating from offshore to nearshore. The outputs obtained were used for the run-up calculation. To calculate the run-up two different approaches were used: an empirical formula and a Boussinesq fully non linear numerical model with a new lagrangian shoreline boundary condition. Finally in order to identify the shoreline position, the sea level fluctuations due to astronomical influences have to be taken into account. For this reason a tide analysis was performed using tide observations collected during last decade. Once known the wave and tidal fluctuations a strip of uncertainty around the aerial image detected shoreline has been defined. The beach strip determined using the “one year return period ordinary sea storm concept” suggests that this area belongs more to the sea than to the land. Further analyses have to be carried out in order to take also into account the sediment transport, currents and morphological deformation (bathymetry) in time.
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- 2012
46. Confronto fra valutazioni del run-up fatte con un modello matematico e una formula empirica con misure di campo
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MANNO, Giorgio, LO RE, Carlo, MONTEFORTE, Massimiliano, FERRERI, Giovanni Battista, Manno, G, Lo Re, C, Monteforte, M, and Ferreri, GB
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Settore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E Idrologia ,Linea di riva, spiaggia, run-up ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata - Abstract
La posizione planimetrica della linea di riva, soli tamente, viene determinata attraverso l’uso di immagini aeree ed utilizzata pe r la ricostruzione dell’evoluzione storica dei litorali. Tuttavia, le informazioni est ratte da tali immagini, descrivendo il confine istantaneo acqua-terra, consentono l’indivi duazione della linea di riva esclusivamente come limite asciutto-bagnato proprio nel momento della ripresa. Per una più corretta localizzazione della linea di riva , è quindi necessario quantificare, oltre agli effetti di marea e di trasporto solido, gli effetti prodotti dal moto ondoso su tale posizione e in particolare il cosiddetto ru n-up. Nel presente lavoro si studia il run-up in una spia ggia naturale a debole pendenza ricadente nella Sicilia occidentale. Lo studio geom orfologico del sito precede lo studio idraulico, che partendo dalle misure di onde al largo, attraverso la loro trasposizione e la propagazione simulata con un mod ello matematico, porta alla stima delle onde sotto costa. Queste ultime sono ut ilizzate per valutare il run-up sia mediante una nota formula empirica sia utilizzando un modello numerico alla Boussinesq con una nuova condizione al contorno per la linea di riva. Il confronto dei risultati con le misure di campo mostra che i r isultati migliori si ottengono con la formula empirica, nella quale è tuttavia necessa rio calibrare i coefficienti con misure in situ.
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- 2012
47. Shoreline detection in gentle slope Mediterranean beach
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MANNO, Giorgio, LO RE, Carlo, CIRAOLO, Giuseppe, Manno, G, Lo Re, C, and Ciraolo, G
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shoreline detection ,Settore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E Idrologia ,Settore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata ,Settore ICAR/01 - Idraulica - Published
- 2011
48. Coastal dynamics: shoreline detection in a Sicilian beach
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MANNO, Giorgio, LIGUORI, Vincenzo, LO RE, Carlo, CIRAOLO, Giuseppe, Manno, G, Liguori, V, Lo Re, C, and Ciraolo, G
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shoreline detection - Published
- 2011
49. SINKHOLES IN GESSOSO SOLFIFERA FORMATION (CENTRAL SICILY): HISTORICAL RESEARCH
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LIGUORI, Vincenzo, MANNO, Giorgio, SAIA S., LIGUORI,V, MANNO,G, and SAIA S.
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sinkholes, mines, Gessoso-Solfifera Formation - Published
- 2011
50. Influenza del clima ondoso e delle mareee sulla posizione della linea di riva: Lido Signorino (Marsala)
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MANNO, Giorgio, CIRAOLO, Giuseppe, MALTESE, Antonino, Lo Re, C, Manno, G, Lo Re, C, Ciraolo, G, Maltese, A., and Maltese, A
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Settore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E Idrologia ,morfodinamica costiera ,linea di riva ,costa, linea di riva, run-up, maree - Abstract
La conoscenza della posizione della linea di riva nel tempo è indispensabile per verificare la necessità di opere di difesa e per lo sviluppo di piani di gestione costiera. Essa rappresenta l’intersezione tra la superficie marina e quella terrestre, non è un’entità geometrica fissa, ma varia continuamente a causa del moto ondoso e delle fluttuazioni del livello marino ed è in continuo movimento a causa dei fenomeni di trasporto solido. La maggior difficoltà riscontrata nelle operazioni di rilievo è la determinazione esatta della sua posizione. Risulta pertanto necessaria la comprensione delle caratteristiche del moto ondoso (conoscenza delle mareggiate), dei livelli marini e del profilo trasversale della spiaggia al momento del rilievo. Questo lavoro di ricerca ha come principale obbiettivo l’analisi dell'influenza del clima ondoso e della marea sulla stima della posizione della linea di riva attraverso immagini telerilevate, inoltre viene proposta una nuova metodologia messa a punto su un caso di studio reale. La metodologia proposta ha carattere multi disciplinare, considera infatti, sia aspetti geomorfologici, sia aspetti idraulico marittimi e utilizza strumenti tipici del telerilevamento. Lo studio del clima ondoso è stato condotto a partire dalla mareggiata ordinaria fatta propagare nell'area in studio attraverso un modello di onda spettrale (SWAN: Simulating WAves Nearshore). Inoltre si sono considerate sia le oscillazioni mareali sia la massima altezza raggiunta dall’onda sulla spiaggia emersa (run-up). Il caso in studio ha messo in evidenza gli errori prodotti nella stima della posizione della linea di riva mediante la semplice individuazione della stessa attraverso ortofoto georiferite (1994, 2000, 2006) infatti in tal modo il tracciamento della linea di riva viene eseguito considerando solamente l'interfaccia "asciutto/bagnato". Riportando sulle ortofoto lo spostamento della linea di riva determinato dal clima ondoso associato all’ordinaria mareggiata e riportando anche le massime oscillazioni mareali, si è riscontrato che durante l’intervallo temporale analizzato l’errore aggiuntivo prodotto risulterebbe superiore a 15 m, inficiando l’attendibilità di uno studio diacronico dell'evoluzione della linea di riva.
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- 2010
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