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pmid: 32470688
pmc: PMC7242204
handle: 20.500.14243/408675 , 20.500.12010/10523 , 20.500.12010/10492
pmid: 32470688
pmc: PMC7242204
handle: 20.500.14243/408675 , 20.500.12010/10523 , 20.500.12010/10492
The lagoon of Venice has always been affected by the regional geomorphological evolution, anthropogenic stressors and global changes. Different morphological settings and variable biogeophysical conditions characterize this continuously evolving system that rapidly responds to the anthropic impacts. When the lockdown measures were enforced in Italy to control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection on March 10th 2020, the ordinary urban water traffic around Venice, one of the major pressures in the lagoon, came to a halt. This provided a unique opportunity to analyse the environmental effects of restrictions to mobility on water transparency. Pseudo true-colour composites Sentinel-2 satellite imagery proved useful for qualitative visual interpretation, showing the reduction of the vessel traffic and their wakes from the periods before and during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. A quantitative analysis of suspended matter patterns, based on satellite-derived turbidity, in the absence of traffic perturbations, allowed to focus on natural processes and the residual stress from human activities that continued throughout the lockdown. We conclude that the high water transparency can be considered as a transient condition determined by a combination of natural seasonal factors and the effects of COVID-19 restrictions.
Satellite Imagery, Environmental Engineering, Water transparency, Pneumonia, Viral, Article, Betacoronavirus, Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave, Vessel traffic, Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, Water Quality, water transparency; suspended sediments; Sentinel-2; vessel traffic; satellite imagery, Environmental Chemistry, Humans, Human Activities, Waste Management and Disposal, Pandemics, water transparency, suspended sediments, Sentinel-2, vessel traffic, satellite imagery, Suspended sediments, SARS-CoV-2, Satellite imagery, COVID-19, Pollution, Coronavirus, Italy, Sentinel-2, Coronavirus Infections, Environmental Monitoring
Satellite Imagery, Environmental Engineering, Water transparency, Pneumonia, Viral, Article, Betacoronavirus, Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave, Vessel traffic, Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, Water Quality, water transparency; suspended sediments; Sentinel-2; vessel traffic; satellite imagery, Environmental Chemistry, Humans, Human Activities, Waste Management and Disposal, Pandemics, water transparency, suspended sediments, Sentinel-2, vessel traffic, satellite imagery, Suspended sediments, SARS-CoV-2, Satellite imagery, COVID-19, Pollution, Coronavirus, Italy, Sentinel-2, Coronavirus Infections, Environmental Monitoring
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