Quantitative analysis of the waterline method for topographical mapping of tidal flats: A case study in the dongsha sandbank, china

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6138-6158

  Liu, Yongxue ^a   Li, Manchun ^a   Zhou, Minxi ^a   Yang, Kang ^a   Mao, Liang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal morphology; Digital elevation model; The waterline method; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SATELLITES; SURVEYING; TIDES;

AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SAMPLING; TIDAL FLAT; WATERLINE METHODS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84904660528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5116138     Document Type: Article

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