Assessment of elevation uncertainty in salt marsh environments using discrete-return and full-waveform lidar

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 76, Issue sp1, 2016, Pages 107-122

  Rogers, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Parrish, Christopher E ^c,d   Ward, Larry G ^d   Burdick, David M ^d  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

bare earth filtering; DEM; interpolation; inverse distance weighting; Salt marsh vegetation; Spartina alterniflora; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRASS; INTERPOLATION; LIDAR; NUMERICAL METHOD; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 85008642323     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI76-010     Document Type: Article

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