Mapping River Bathymetry With a Small Footprint Green LiDAR: Applications and Challenges

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-204

  Kinzel, Paul ^a   Legleiter, Carl J ^b   Nelson, Jonathan M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Geomorphology; LiDAR; Remote sensing; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER; DERIVATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; KLAMATH RIVERS; LASER WAVEFORMS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS; MAPPING APPLICATIONS; MAPPING ERROR; MARINE SURVEY; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; RIVER BATHYMETRY; SUBMERGED TARGETS; SUBSTRATE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; RIVER BED; SONAR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873284251     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12008     Document Type: Article

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