The paper is proposing a method for evaluating the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension of natural coastlines from satellite images. A fractal dimension is a statistical index which is describing the complexity of a given pattern embedded in given spatial dimensions. In particular, this index is providing a measure of the capacity the considered fractal pattern has to fill the space in which it is e...

This paper describes the evolution of a sector southern coastal plain Pelotas Basin, Brazil, between last Pleistocene sea-level lowstand and Holocene highstand, based on geomorphology high-resolution stratigraphy. A fluvial drainage system associated with an incised valley developed during Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was identified. Two 2D 2.5D geophysical profiles using Ground-Penetrating Radar...

A flight of marine terraces along the central California coastline provides a unique setting for the study of topographic evolution. Wavecut platforms manfled by 2-6 m of marine terrace cover deposits are separated by10-50 m tall decaying sea cliffs. Palcocliff edges become more rounded with age, yet the details of the profries and frequent bedrock exposure on the upper slopes imply weatheringl...

We consider three-dimensional hydraulic jumps (shocks) propagating along boundaries in rotating fluids. This study is motivated by earlier work (Fedorov & Melville 1995), which dealt with the evolution to breaking of nonlinear Kelvin waves. We obtain the jump relations and derive an evolution equation for the jump as it propagates along the boundary. It is shown that after some initial adjustme...

This report describes the results of detailed statistical analysis of sea clutter data that were collected during the ESRL 38/97 trial, which was held off the Northern Australian coastline in February 1999. One of the trial's main objectives was to contribute to a database of experimentally collected clutter returns with radar system parameters that are comparable to those used in the Elta EL/M...

This paper introduces a new approach for utilizing the multi-resolution wavelet decomposing for shoreline change rate detection from RADARSAT-1 SAR image. The wavelet approximation of the Two RADARSAT-1 SAR images (1998-2004) defined by the sum two-dimensional wavelet functions at different scales and locations. The raw RADARSAT-1 SAR images were decomposed into a low and high frequencies image...