Land cover changes at the coastal zone as an indicator of the coastal changes

Andrzej Giza, Igor Szakowski

Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Marine Cartography, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Szczecin, (PL)

Abstract

At the poster there are presented results of the methodical case studies connecting land cover changes in the coastal zone and the coastline changes characteristic.
The study area it is 1,5 km long section of the coastal located just at the Swina mouth at the Pomeranian Bay. This section of the coast it is very well know area in Poland with the greatest accumulation process about 1,5 m/y. we can observed dunes formation and a semi natural plant succession there.
Six series of historical air photographs taken between 1937 and 1996 were used for the research. Air photographs were converted into digital form and rectified to UTM projection using ERDAS - Imagine software.
There were selected 6 classes of land cover at the investigated area. Value of surfaces covered by each class were study as a results and their relation to coastal changes process.