A preliminary cellular model for sand coastal erosion and experimental contrast with Porto Cesareo case

Abstract

The phenomenon of sand erosion is recently spreading inMediterranean beaches in a worrisome way. Cellular Automata modellingsuch a phenomenon involves many difficulties for adopting a convenienttime and space scale (minute and decimeter), that can permit temporallyreasonable simulations. A very preliminary model RUSICA was developedin association with an experimental work in order to test hypotheses,to receive suggestion separately for some basic processes and to learnfrom past occurred cases. During this contamination phase, some experimentalapplications were succesfully projected in order to contrast sanderosion on the coast. This paper presents the current initial version ofRUSICA for sand erosion=transport=deposition and describes the resultsobtained at Porto Cesareo coast in the Italian Apulia Region. Completesimulations by RUSICA will soon follow this preparatory work.


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  • M.V. Avolio; C.R. Calidonna; M. Delle Rose; S. Di Gregorio; V. Lupiano;T.M. Pagliara; A.M. Sempreviva

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Lecture notes in computer science


Anno di pubblicazione

2012

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0302-9743

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