GIS-based Analysis of Coastal Lidar Time-Series

• Main Authors: Hardin, Eric (Author), Mitasova, Helena (Author), Tateosian, Laura (Author), Overton, Margery (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Geography.; Coasts.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Coastal Sciences.; Geography, general.

This SpringerBrief presents the principles, methods, and workflows for processing and analyzing coastal LiDAR data time-series. Robust methods for computing high resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) are introduced as well as raster-based metrics for assessment of topographic change. An innovat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Processing coastal lidar time series
• Raster-based analysis
• Feature extraction and feature change metrics
• Volume analysis
• Visualizing coastal change
• Appendix.