Evaluation of Error Reduction Techniques on a LIDAR-Derived Salt Marsh Digital Elevation Model

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 424-433

  McClure, Adam ^a   Liu, Xiaohang ^a   Hines, Ellen ^a   Ferner, Matthew C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China Camp State Park; coastal vegetation; National Estuarine Research Reserve; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GPS; LIDAR; REAL TIME; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA CAMP STATE PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962496849     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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