The paper proposes a simplified methodology to track the evolution of vegetation patterns over a central sandbar of the Po River, Italy, by means of a fixed video camera installed on the top of a bridge pier. Looking downstream, the camera acquires images every twelve hours while hourly water levels are derived from a radar hydrometer located 300 m upstream of the study area. The vegetation growth rate is computed analysing several images covering the period July–December 2017, characterized by a dry period during the summer/autumn and a flood at the end of the year. The tracking of the vegetation patterns bounds provides some general indications on the role of a transient hydrology on the plants’ dynamics.
Nones, M., Guerrero, M., Archetti, R. (2020). Monitoring of Riparian Vegetation Growth on Fluvial Sandbars. Berna : GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer [10.1007/978-3-030-37105-0_17].
Monitoring of Riparian Vegetation Growth on Fluvial Sandbars
Guerrero, MassimoConceptualization
;Archetti, RenataMethodology
2020
Abstract
The paper proposes a simplified methodology to track the evolution of vegetation patterns over a central sandbar of the Po River, Italy, by means of a fixed video camera installed on the top of a bridge pier. Looking downstream, the camera acquires images every twelve hours while hourly water levels are derived from a radar hydrometer located 300 m upstream of the study area. The vegetation growth rate is computed analysing several images covering the period July–December 2017, characterized by a dry period during the summer/autumn and a flood at the end of the year. The tracking of the vegetation patterns bounds provides some general indications on the role of a transient hydrology on the plants’ dynamics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
