Methodology for Determining Gully Widths in Multi-Temporal Studies in Olive Groves of Southern Spain

Antonio Tomás Mozas-Calvache (), Julio Antonio Calero González, Theo Guerra Dug and Tomas Manuel Fernández del Castillo
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Antonio Tomás Mozas-Calvache: Departamento de Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodésica y Fotogrametría, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Julio Antonio Calero González: Departamento de Geología, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Theo Guerra Dug: Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía (IISTA), 23071 Jaén, Spain
Tomas Manuel Fernández del Castillo: Departamento de Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodésica y Fotogrametría, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: This study describes a new methodology for estimating gully widths based on their digitized borders. The procedure adapts a previous method developed to determine the mean displacement between two 3D linestrings, considering them continuously, which represents an advance over conventional approaches. In addition to the calculation of the average horizontal distance, it also considers the calculation of widths by sections of a given length in order to analyze differences in their behavior compared to the results for the entire gully. The method is also adapted to multi-temporal studies to analyze the evolution of the gully by comparing width values from several dates. Application was carried out with a large number of linestrings representing gullies of a wide area of olive groves, which were digitized from orthoimages with 0.5 m resolution of two dates. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method for characterizing gullies and analyzing their evolution between several dates both completely and by sections, allowing the detection of critical areas of gully development. Therefore, these results can be used as input data to improve gully erosion susceptibility maps and to define zones for preventive or corrective actions.

Keywords: linestrings; gully width; displacement; erosion modelling; olive groves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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