Using LIDAR to monitor a beach nourishment project at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1206-1219

  Gares, Paul A ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   White, Stephen A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal beach and dune change; Shoreline stabilization; Volumetric beach and dune change

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIDAR; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH;

EID: 33750020343     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06A-0003.1     Document Type: Article

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