The seafloor: A key factor in lidar bottom detection

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1150-1157

  Peeri, Shachak ^a   Gardner, James V ^a   Ward, Larry G ^a   Morrison, John Ru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Laser measurements; Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) bathymetry; Remote sensing; Seafloor; Shallow water mapping

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LASER MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) BATHYMETRY; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW-WATER;

BATHYMETRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO SOUNDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952043024     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2070875     Document Type: Article

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