Sea-level rise vulnerability mapping for adaptation decisions using LiDAR DEMs

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 745-766

  Cooper, Hannah M ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Barbee, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; DEM; error; LiDAR; sea level rise; uncertainty; vulnerability mapping

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; LIDAR; MAPPING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84887456761     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133313496835     Document Type: Review

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