Mapping elevations of tidal wetland restoration sites in San Francisco Bay: Comparing accuracy of aerial lidar with a singlebeam echosounder

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 312-319

  Athearn, Nicole D ^a,b   Takekawa, John Y ^a   Jaffe, Bruce ^a   Hattenbach, Brian J ^a   Foxgrover, Amy C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Geomorphology; Salt ponds; Sediment accretion; Tidal wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; DATA SET; ELEVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; POND; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949788140     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1076.1     Document Type: Article

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