Title :
The use of satellite data to calibrate a hydrodynamic model of the Venice Lagoon
Author :
Silvestri, Sonia ; Garzon, Andrea ; Corbani, Fabio
Author_Institution :
Servizio Inf.-CVN, Magistrato alle Acque di Venezia, San Marco, Italy
Abstract :
A data set collected through Landsat thermal sensors (TM and ETM+ band 6) is used to initialize, update and validate a finite element hydrodynamic model of water quality. The application to the Venice Lagoon (Italy) is presented and discussed.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; hydrology; oceanographic regions; Italy; Landsat thermal sensors; Venice Lagoon; finite element hydrodynamic model; satellite data; Biological system modeling; Calibration; Finite element methods; Hydrodynamics; Ocean temperature; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sediments; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294725