Assessing the impact of land use management on the hydrodynamic behavior of vegetated water bodies colonized by riparian weed species

The aim of this study is the assessment of the effect of riparian vegetation management practices on the hydrodynamic behaviour of vegetated water bodies colonized by riparian weed species. The present study was carried out by calibrating the most suitable literature models on flow resistance of vegetated flows, by considering different riparian vegetation management scenarios. The key dimensional features of the examined riparian vegetation elements were estimated by comparing the outcomes of the digital processing of remote sensing and proximity sensors extremely widespread in both agricultural and forestry studies and applications. The main remarks of this study well demonstrated that the knowledge of the hydraulic and hydrological proprieties of vegetated flows at field scale is sensibly affected by the uncertainties in the measurements of riparian vegetation biomass and water quality, differently from experimental analyses conducted in dedicated flumes in the laboratory performed in standard environment conditions.