Topographic Mapping of Offshore Sandbank Tidal Flats Using the Waterline Detection Method: A Case Study on the Dongsha Sandbank of Jiangsu Radial Tidal Sand Ridges, China

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-378

  Liu, Yongxue ^a   Li, Manchun ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Li, Feixue ^a   Chen, Kefeng ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; DEM; offshore sandbank; Remote sensing; waterline detection method

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SANDBANK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE; TIDAL FLAT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84871091120     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2012.699501     Document Type: Article

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