Flood-risk mapping for storm-surge events and sea-level rise using lidar for southeast New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-211

  Webster, Tim L ^a   Forbes, Donald L ^b   Mac Kinnon, Edward ^a   Roberts, Daniel ^a  

^a NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOOD CONTROL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; BENCHMARKING; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEAWATER;

FLOOD-RISK MAPPING; LIDAR SYSTEMS; STORM-SURGE EVENTS; COASTAL FLOODING; DUNE EROSION; OVERTOPPING; STORM SURGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); LOW-LYING AREAS; SPATIAL DENSITY; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; FLOOD RISK MAPS; FLOODING INLANDS;

OPTICAL RADAR; SEA LEVEL; FLOODS;

EID: 33746116903     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m06-016     Document Type: Article

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