Table 4 Data sources.
From: Improvement of a coastal vulnerability index and its application along the Calabria Coastline, Italy
Variable | Data summary | Data source |
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Geomorphology | Map data (DTM) and lithological map (0.5 km grid cell) | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) |
Coastal slope | Regional bathymetry and map data (DTM) (Grid extending 5 km landward and seaward of the shoreline—elevation at 1 m vertical resolution for 8 m grid cells) | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) |
Shoreline erosion/accretion rates | Regional orthophotos (1954 -2018) | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) |
Emerged beach width | Regional orthophotos | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) |
Dune | Dune width: regional orthophotos; Type of dune: visual inspection and previously studies carried out in the area | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) Uzunov et al. (2013)76; Uzunov et al. (2009)77 |
River discharge | River discharge data | Authority Basin of Calabria region (http://old.regione.calabria.it/abr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=364&Itemid=113) |
Relative sea-level change | Trends in Sea level rise | Mediterranean by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA (https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaLevelRise/) |
Mean significant wave height | Wave information (Crotone wave buoy) | National wave metric network (ISPRA—Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) |
Mean tide range | Tide range information | European Environmental Agency EEA data-base (https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaLevelRise/); |
Vegetation behind the back-beach | Regional orthophoto | Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) |
Coverage of Posidonia oceanica | Regional orthophoto and previously study | Geoportal of Calabria region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata); EEA(https://nature-art17.eionet.europa.eu/article17/reports2012/habitat/summary/?period=5&group=Coastal+habitats&subject=1120®ion=MMED) |