Mapping reef features from multibeam sonar data using multiscale morphometric analysis

Marine Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Zieger, S ^a   Stieglitz, T ^b,c   Kininmonth, S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

geomorphology; Great Barrier Reef; morphometric analysis; multiscale analysis; submerged platform reef

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED FEATURE EXTRACTION; BENTHIC BIOTA; BIOTURBATION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DATA SETS; FEATURE TYPES; GENERIC FEATURES; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HIGH RESOLUTION; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MULTI-BEAM SONAR DATA; MULTIBEAM DATA; MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDER; MULTISCALE; MULTISCALE ANALYSIS; QUADRIC SURFACES; SEA FLOOR; SONAR DATA; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBMERGED PLATFORM REEF; SURFACE PARAMETER; SURVEY AREA; TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

AUTOMATION; BIOTURBATION; CLASSIFICATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; REEF; SEAFLOOR; SONAR;

CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67650577127     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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