The impact of lidar elevation uncertainty on mapping intertidal habitats on barrier Islands

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Enwright, Nicholas M ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^b   Borchert, Sinéad M ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Feher, Laura C ^a   Osland, Michael J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Coastal environments; Elevation; Habitat mapping; Intertidal wetlands; Lidar; Monte Carlo; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAPPING; METADATA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; TIDE GAGES; WETLANDS;

BARRIER ISLANDS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ELEVATION; HABITAT MAPPING; INTERTIDAL WETLAND; UNCERTAINTY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 85040666415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10010005     Document Type: Article

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