Evidence of the present relative land stability of Venice, Italy, from land, sea, and space observations

  1. Luigi Tosi1,
  2. Laura Carbognin1,
  3. Pietro Teatini2,
  4. Tazio Strozzi3,
  5. Urs Wegmüller3

Article first published online: 18 JUN 2002

DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013211

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Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume 29, Issue 12, pages 3-1–3-4, June 2002

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Tosi, L., L. Carbognin, P. Teatini, T. Strozzi, and U. Wegmüller, Evidence of the present relative land stability of Venice, Italy, from land, sea, and space observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(12), doi:10.1029/2001GL013211, 2002.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Istituto per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse, National Research Council, Venezia, Italy

  2. 2

    Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Applications, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

  3. 3

    Gamma Remote Sensing, Muri BE, Switzerland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 JUN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 18 JUN 2002
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 DEC 2001
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 DEC 2001
  5. Manuscript Received: 23 MAR 2001

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[1] The city of Venice is very vulnerable to loss in surface elevation as a result of subsidence and eustacy because of its small elevation above sea level. The alarm of the scientific community related to this persistent problem is increasing because of the forecasts of sea level rise caused by global warming. In order to evaluate the present relative subsidence of Venice, a study has been performed by combining high precision leveling, Satellite Radar Interferometry (SRI) and tide gauge measurements. The analysis of the most recent data points out with an unprecedented detail the present ground stability of the city.

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