Characterizing uncertainties for quantifying bathymetry change between time-separated multibeam echo-sounder surveys

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1166-1176

  Schmitt, Thierry ^a   Mitchell, Neil C ^a   Ramsay, A Tony S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banner bank; Multibeam sonar; Time lapse bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEDROCK; BENCHMARKING; DATA SET; ECHO SOUNDER; ERROR ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049156379     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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