Quantification of beach changes caused by Hurricane Floyd along Florida's Atlantic coast using airborne laser surveys

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-134

  Zhang, Keqi ^a   Whitman, Dean ^a   Leatherman, Stephen ^a   Robertson, William ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne LIDAR; Beach erosion; Florida Atlantic coast; Hurricane Floyd

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE; LIDAR; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM DAMAGE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844296620     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/02057.1     Document Type: Review

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