Airborne lidar measurements of wave energy dissipation in a coral reef lagoon system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Zhi Cheng ^a,b   Reineman, Benjamin D ^a   Lenain, Luc ^a   Melville, W Kendall ^a   Middleton, Jason H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY DISSIPATION; LAKES; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; AIRBORNE LIDAR SYSTEMS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BREAKING WAVES; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF LAGOONS; DISSIPATION RATES; EFFICIENT MONITORING; ENERGY FLUXES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; HIGH-LIDAR; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LIDAR SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POINT DENSITY; SPATIAL PROFILES; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE WAVE ENERGY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WATER COLUMNS; WAVE DISSIPATION; WAVE ENERGY DISSIPATION; WAVE ENERGY FLUX; WAVEFIELDS;

REEFS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BREAKING WAVE; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LIDAR; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SURFACE WAVE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE REFLECTION;

AUSTRALIA; LADY ELLIOT ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84858396798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007203     Document Type: Article

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