Short-term Geoinformatics Evaluation in the Shatt Al-Arab Delta (Northwestern Arabian/Persian Gulf)

Al-Aesawi, Qassim; Al-Nasrawi, Ali K. M.; Jones, Brian G.

doi:10.2112/jcoastres-d-19-00110.1

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“…Mediumresolution satellite imagery has been widely used in several studies to assess and map coastline dynamics along the world's coasts. Landsat imagery has been the main data source for many coastal studies from 1972 to now (Pardo-Pascual et al, 2012;Bayram et al, 2013;Cenci et al, 2013;Aps et al, 2014;El-Asmar et al, 2014;Kaiser, 2014;Hereher, 2015;Suo and Zhang, 2015;Li and Gong, 2016;Evadzi et al, 2017;Darwish et al, 2017;Sagar et al, 2017;Li et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018;Do et al, 2019;Nijland et al, 2019;Al-Aesawi et al, 2020;Carvalho and Guerra, 2020;Cao et al, 2020;Diniz et al, 2020;Fan et al, 2020;Lymburner et al, 2020;Reshma and Murali, 2018;Li et al, 2020;Liu et al, 2020;Song et al, 2020;Abdurrahman et al, 2021;Bishop-Taylor et al, 2021;Thakare and Shitole, 2021;Yang et al, 2022). As the spatial resolution of Landsat improved with new generations of satellite sensors, researchers found it to be an increasingly useful tool for assessing coastal changes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The long-term rate of variation is determined through a linear regression rate (LRR), which integrates the current data. In the present study, several studies used DSAS for the quantitative assessment of coastline dynamics (Cenci et al, 2013;Puig et al, 2014;Darwish et al, 2017, Jolivet et al, 2019Al-Aesawi et al, 2020;Kelly and Gontz, 2020;Darwish and Smith, 2021;Darwish and Smith, 2023) (Figure 4).…”

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“…The findings show considerable alterations in the locations along the shoreline in addition to in the rates of silt buildup and erosion. Furthermore, the mapping of coastal dynamics has demonstrated notable shoreline migration, with variations between the left and right banks of the river mouth and a greater intrusion of salinity up the channel (Al-Aesawi et al, 2020).…”

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Monitoring Coastline Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: A Review of Global Trends

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Monitoring Coastline Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: A Review of Global Trends

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2024

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“…Presently, the Shatt Al-Arab delta, which is transitioning into a tidal-dominated river estuary, has only two active distributaries. Much of the delta plain is inactive or abandoned, comprised of wide tidal and salt flats, large sabkhas, marshes, and islands (Larsen and Evans, 1978; Macfayden and Vita-Finzi, 1978; Aqrawi, 1993, 2001; Lambeck, 1996; Sanlaville, 2002; Coleman and Huh, 2003; Pournelle, 2003, 2012; Plaziat and Younis, 2005; Sanlaville and Prieur, 2005; Heyvaert and Baeteman, 2007; Isaev and Mikhailova, 2009; Al-Mulla and Al-Ali, 2015; Sissakian et al, 2018; Al-Aesawi et al, 2020). One of these islands is Bubiyan Island, situated south of the mouth of the Khor Al-Zubair estuary (Fig.…”

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Late Holocene development of Bubiyan Island, Kuwait

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2022

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Bubiyan Island, presently a vast sabkha and salt flat in the westernmost part of the Shatt Al-Arab delta, originated ca. 4000 cal yr BP as prodelta deposits from a paleochannel of the Euphrates River that flowed into a shallow sea. Southeastern Bubiyan Island first surfaced when spits and barrier islands formed on a 1–2 m forebulge caused by heavy sediment load to the northwest; the spits and barriers delineated an incipient shoreline and sheltered a shallow lagoon. Progradation of southeastern Bubiyan Island began when the spits and barriers were gradually stranded as beach ridges during minor sea-level fluctuations and continued marginal uplift. AMS dating of the beach ridges, which are ~1–5 km from the present shoreline, implies that Late Holocene relative sea level fell in three phases: ca. 3700–3400 cal yr BP, ca. 2600–1000 cal yr BP, and ca. 600–500 cal yr BP. Prior to each phase, relative sea level apparently stabilized to near stillstands, allowing spits and barriers to accrete. Torpedo-jar pottery sherds scattered on some of the most prominent beach ridges indicate Sasanian (AD ca. 300–650; 1650–1300 cal yr BP) to early Islamic (AD ca. 650–800; 1300–1150 cal yr BP) periods of human presence, concurrent with the Second phase of beach-ridge formation.

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“…The northern part of the Shatt Al-Arab River is less affected by salinity since it is more distant from the Gulf. A symptom of the second problem involves the vegetated area around the river, which is notably disappearing from the south while some of the riparian vegetation still remain in the northern part of the river [12]. Recently, SLR has played a major role in environmental and vegetation changes, as well as the associated land area changes in this region, and there is a need to assess its impact on the future of the SARR.…”

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Accounting for DEM Error in Sea Level Rise Assessment within Riverine Regions; Case Study from the Shatt Al-Arab River Region

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Global elevation datasets such as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model (DEM) are the best available terrain data in many parts of the world. Consequently, SRTM is widely used for understanding the risk of coastal inundation due to climate change-induced sea level rise. However, SRTM elevations are prone to error, giving rise to uncertainty in the quality of the inundation projections. This study investigated the error propagation model for the Shatt al-Arab River region (SARR) to understand the impact of DEM error on an inundation model in this sensitive, low-lying coastal region. The analysis involved three stages. First, a multiple regression model, parameterized from the Mississippi River delta region, was used to generate an expected DEM error surface for the SARR. This surface was subtracted from the SRTM DEM for the SARR to adjust it. Second, residuals from this model were simulated for the SARR. Modelled residuals were subtracted from the adjusted SRTM to produce 50 DEM realizations capturing potential elevation variation. Third, the DEM realizations were each used in a geospatial “bathtub” inundation model to estimate flooding area in the region given 1 m of sea level rise. Across all realizations, the area predicted to flood covered about 50% of the entire region, while predicted flooding using the raw SRTM covered only about 28%, indicating substantial underprediction of the affected area when error was not accounted for. This study can be an applicable approach within such environments worldwide.

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Short-term Geoinformatics Evaluation in the Shatt Al-Arab Delta (Northwestern Arabian/Persian Gulf)

Cited by 7 publications

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Monitoring Coastline Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: A Review of Global Trends

Monitoring Coastline Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: A Review of Global Trends

Late Holocene development of Bubiyan Island, Kuwait

Accounting for DEM Error in Sea Level Rise Assessment within Riverine Regions; Case Study from the Shatt Al-Arab River Region

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