Beach Wizard: Nearshore bathymetry estimation through assimilation of model computations and remote observations

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1016-1027

  van Dongeren, Ap ^a   Plant, Nathaniel ^b   Cohen, Anna ^a   Roelvink, Dano ^a,c   Haller, Merrick C ^d   Catalán, Patricio ^d,e  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d Oregon State University   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argus; Bathymetry; Beach Wizard; Coastal monitoring; Coastal morphology; Data assimilation; Delft3D; Marine radar; Morphodynamic models; Remote sensing; Video

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; LANDFORMS; MINES; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ARGUS; COASTAL MONITORING; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DELFT3D; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELS; VIDEO;

MARINE RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SHORELINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

BENELUX; DUCK; EGMOND AAN ZEE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH HOLLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349129582     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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