Capabilities of the bathymetric Hawk Eye LiDAR for coastal habitat mapping: A case study within a Basque estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-213

  Chust, Guillem ^a   Grande, Maitane ^a   Galparsoro, Ibon ^a   Uriarte, Adolfo ^a   Borja, Ángel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque coast; Bathymetry; Classification; Coastal habitat; LiDAR; Marsh; Oka estuary; Urdaibai

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BATHYMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DATA QUALITY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REFLECTANCE; RESOLUTION; SALTMARSH; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH;

BASQUE COUNTRY; OKA ESTUARY; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 77956229415     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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