Extraction of tidal channel networks from airborne scanning laser altimetry

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-83

  Mason, David C ^a   Scott, Tania R ^a   Wang, Hai Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coast; Edge; Geomorphology; LIDAR; Networks; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL RADAR;

DRAINAGE NETWORKS; EDGE THRESHOLD; EDGES;

TIDAL POWER;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; BENCHMARKING; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LIDAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EMS RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 33846160956     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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