The dynamic monitoring and infinite-scale management of coastal zone with remote sensing and fractal approach

The new needs for quantitative and precise detection for coastline dynamic changes and their environmental factors are addressed with the fast and more developing activities of coast areas. The magnitudes from satellite or airborne remote sensing and in-situ observed data, and different scale mapping as well as multi-dimension changes are increasingly important. So the problems on capture, store, process, display and management of an unprecedented amount of information have become a very important. Satellite remote sensing associated with fractal approaches presented here are new methodologies to solve related scientific problems. The situation and requirement of coast zone are briefly introduced in the paper at the first. The theories and models of fractal system and the examples of their application in coastline and the possibility of infinite scale managements of the coastline are described in detail. The potential of satellite remote sensing associated with fractal approach in detecting and manage of coast zone is discussed and concluded at the final of the paper