Satellite Image Processing application to the shrinking Aral Sea

Abstract

The aim of this project is to apply image processing techniques to satellite images in order to study a real-life phenomenon, the shrinking of the Aral Sea. By applying the basis of image segmentation, we were able to quantify the shrinking ratio through time, thus obtaining a plot of its evolution through a 44-years timespan. Moreover, by combining the edge detection technique with operations between more images we were also able to improve the visualization of this phenomenon through an animated GIF.

Citing

@misc{AralSea,
  author = {Alsayed, Mustapha and Balducci, Simone and Berselli, Gregorio and Gargiulo, Federico and Rondini, Tommaso},
  title = {Satellite Image Processing application to the shrinking Aral Sea.},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://github.com/Grufoony/Aral_Sea_shrinking},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Grufoony/Aral_Sea_shrinking}}
}