WEB GIS APPLICATION FOR MONITORING KAKHOVKA RESERVOIR CHANGES BASED ON COPERNICUS DATA (SENTINEL-2)

The Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was destroyed in June 2023, which caused a huge volume of water to flow away and exposed the bottom of the water reservoir. Since that time, new ecosystems have started their development. That is why the territory of the former Kakhovka water reservoir is becoming increasingly interesting for scientists who study fluvial processes, vegetation cover formation, etc. Despite several existing scientific studies, none of them provides visualization of analytic layers at the highest possible scale level for Copernicus Sentinel-2 – 10 meters resolution. The idea was to develop a web GIS application for visual and/or synchronous observation and comparison of the Kakhovka reservoir territory annually: before the dam destruction (2021) and every year after (2023, 2024, 2025) based on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from the Copernicus program.