A temporal waterline approach to mapping intertidal areas using X-band marine radar

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-101

  Bell, Paul S ^a   Bird, Cai O ^b   Plater, Andrew J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal monitoring; Intertidal mapping; Marine radar; Remote sensing; Waterline

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; COASTAL MONITORING; MORPHOLOGICAL MAP; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WATERLINE; WETTING AND DRYING; X-BAND FREQUENCIES;

MARINE RADAR;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MAPPING; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SHORELINE;

DEE ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84946780283     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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