Remote measurement of river morphology via fusion of LiDAR topography and spectrally based bathymetry

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 499-518

  Legleiter, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Fluvial geomorphology; LiDAR; Multispectral; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHANNELS; COREGISTRATION; DATA SETS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOOD-PLAINS; FLOW DEPTH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREEN BAND; HYBRID APPROACH; LOCAL FLOWS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; OBJECT ORIENTED; ON FLOW; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL IMAGE; PIXEL VALUES; POINT CLOUD; POINT DENSITY; PULSE INTENSITY; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; TERRAIN MODEL; WATER SURFACE; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

BATHYMETRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LAKES; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ABSORPTION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LIDAR; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859422740     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2262     Document Type: Article

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