Short term monitoring the Northwest Coasts of Gulf of Oman using both satellite images and numerical model

In this investigation, which involves the use of both satellite images and a model simulation, focuses is concerned with the effect of the hydrodynamics of the adjacent sea on the classification of a coastal area. The area selected for this study is the North-West coasts of Oman Gulf with a total area of about 326980 hectares. Flow model of Mike 21 was employed to simulate the hydrodynamics of the area and the Aster images of the Terra satellite, for the year 2005, were used to categorize the adjacent coastal area applying Shepard´s classification. On the basis of the results and the classification, most of the area can be categorized as the primary coasts, formed mainly by nonmarine agents. The secondary coasts, which are shaped primarily by marine processes, cover only 7% of the total area, with the salt flats being the most dominant one. The secondary coasts were limited mainly in two specific regions namely the Sirik headland and the south coast of Bandar-e-Jask. Comparison of the classified map of the area with the hydrodynamic of the Gulf of Oman showed that current mainly has been responsible for making these two regions as secondary coasts.