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This research was funded by the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de Espana, grant number CTM2010-17685 and The APC was funded by MDPI.

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September 27, 2022
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Study and Evolution of the Dune Field of La Banya Spit in Ebro Delta (Spain) Using LiDAR Data and GPR

Publicated to:Remote Sensing. 13 (4): 1-17 - 2021-02-01 13(4), DOI: 10.3390/rs13040802

Authors: Rodriguez-Santalla, Inmaculada; Gomez-Ortiz, David; Martin-Crespo, Tomas; Sanchez-Garcia, Maria Jose; Montoya-Montes, Isabel; Martin-Velazquez, Silvia; Barrio, Fernando; Serra, Jordi; Ramirez-Cuesta, Juan Miguel; Gracia, Francisco Javier

Affiliations

Ctr Edafol & Biol Aplicada Segura CEBAS CSIC, Dept Riego, POB 164, Murcia 30100, Spain - Author
Inst Geol & Minero Espana, Unidad Canarias, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35001, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Fac Ciencies Terra, Dept Dinam Terra & Ocea, C Marti i Franques S-N, Barcelona 08028, Spain - Author
Univ Cadiz, Fac Ciencias Mar & Ambientales, Dept Ciencias Tierra, Puerto Real 11510, Spain - Author
Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria Edificio Ciencias Ba, Inst Oceanog & Cambio Global IOCAG, Campus Tafira, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35017, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Prospecting Environm Lab PROMEDIAM, Alenza 4, Madrid 28003, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Biol Geologia Fis & Quim Inorgan, ESCET, C Tulipan S-N, Madrid 28933, Spain - Author
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Abstract

La Banya spit, located at the south of the River Ebro Delta, is a sandy formation, developed by annexation of bars forming successive beach ridges, which are oriented and modeled by the eastern and southern waves. The initial ridges run parallel to the coastline, and above them small dunes developed, the crests of which are oriented by dominant winds, forming foredune ridges and barchans. This study attempted to test a number of techniques in order to understand the dune dynamic on this coastal spit between 2004 and 2012: LiDAR data were used to reconstruct changes to the surface and volume of the barchan dunes and foredunes; ground-penetrating radar was applied to obtain an image of their internal structure, which would help to understand their recent evolution. GPS data taken on the field, together with application of GIS techniques, made possible the combination of results and their comparison. The results showed a different trend between the barchan dunes and the foredunes. While the barchan dunes increased in area and volume between 2004 and 2012, the foredunes lost thickness. This was also reflected in the radargrams: the barchan dunes showed reflectors related to the growth of the foresets while those associated with foredunes presented truncations associated with storm events. However, the global balance of dune occupation for the period 2004-2012 was positive.

Keywords

Airborne lidarBarchan dunesBarrierBeach ridgeBeachesCoastal duneCoastal dunesDune dynamicsDune fieldsEbro deltaEbro deltasForeduneForedunesGeological surveysGeomorphologyGlobal positioning systemGround penetrating radarGround penetrating radar systemsGround-penetrating radarGround-penetrating radar (gpr)Ground-penetrating radar (gpr), la banya spitInternal structureLa banya spitLidar dataMorphologyOptical radarProgradationResolutionStorm eventsSystem

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Remote Sensing due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 30/202, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.38, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 6.13 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-08, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 15
  • Scopus: 17

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-08:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 30.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Rodríguez Santalla, Inmaculada Concepción) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Gómez Ortiz, David.