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The submerged harbor of Amathus in Cyprus is a sensitive cultural heritage requiring special attention in the frame of Marine Spatial Planning. The monitoring of water depth in the surrounding area can raise awareness on effects, such as shoreline erosion, which could lead to a deterioration of the relics.
This paper assesses the quality of bathymetric maps around the site derived from the DESIS hyperspectral sensor mounted on the International Space Station. The depth values are compared to products derived from traditional multispectral sensors, and assessed with LiDAR measurements acquired in situ. An imaging spectrometer such as DESIS would be able to derive additional water quality parameter such as phytoplankton concentration, assessing at the same time eutrophication and pollution in this sensitive area.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the ‘ECXELSIOR’ H2020 Teaming project (www.excelsior2020.eu). This paper is under the auspices of the activities of the ‘ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment’—‘EXCELSIOR’ project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 857510 and from the Government of the Republic of Cyprus through the Directorate General for the European Programmes, Coordination, and Development.
Part of this research was supported by the project entitled: “Cross-Border Cooperation for Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning” referred as “THAL-CHOR 2” (“ΘΑΛ-ΧΩΡ 2” in Greek) and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), under the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme “INTERREG V-A Greece-Cyprus 2014–2020”. Also, acknowledgements are given to Department of the Land Survey of Cyprus, for providing soundings of bathymetry.
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Cerra, D., Gege, P., Evagorou, E., Agapiou, A., de los Reyes, R. (2021). Monitoring Marine Areas from the International Space Station: The Case of the Submerged Harbor of Amathus. In: Ioannides, M., Fink, E., Cantoni, L., Champion, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12642. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73043-7_11
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