Filenews 11 December 2022
The first phase of the field work in the framework of the research project "Coastal erosion due to climate change: assessment and ways of effective response in tourist areas of the North Aegean and Cyprus", funded by the "Interreg V-A Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020 Operational Programme, the University of the Aegean and the CUT, has begun in Coral Bay.
Work at Coral Bay included bathymetric and morphological mapping of the seabed, sampling, as well as topographic mapping with modern technological and oceanographic equipment. Speaking to "F", CUT professor Diophantos Hadjimitsis stressed that unmanned flights were made with multispectral sensors and a higher resolution sensor, while making measurements with radiometer and topographic equipment to produce orthophotography of the area.
"In addition, the locations were selected and two underwater sensors for measuring wave characteristics, a high-frequency rheumatograph, and a monitoring system of the natural characteristics of the beach were installed, including a weather station and a camera to capture the changes of the coastline," he pointed out. "These systems will remain operational even after the end of the research programme. The data collected, after the appropriate treatment, will feed, into a second phase, hydrodynamic models that will contribute to the coastal engineering assessment and the preliminary design of coastal protection projects".
The research team consisted of Professor Th. Chasiotis and the postgraduate students of CUT O. Andreadis, A. Hadjipavlis, A. Poulos and I. Petsimeri, under the supervision and assistance of M. Loizides, executive engineer of the Municipality of Peyia.
Also participating was a team from the CUT and the POMIGE department which consisted of Professor Diophantos Hadjimitsis, Dr. Christodoulos Metta, Evagoras Evagorou and Iosifina Kountouri. During the works, the Mayor of Peyia, Mr. Marinos Lambrou, was also present and welcomed the two research teams of the University of the Aegean and the CUT.
