CP42A:
Close-Range Remote Sensing of Nearshore Processes and Coastal Morphology I
CP42A:
Close-Range Remote Sensing of Nearshore Processes and Coastal Morphology I
Close-Range Remote Sensing of Nearshore Processes and Coastal Morphology I
Session ID#: 92796
Session Description:
During the past decade, LiDAR, radar, multispectral and thermal sensors, as well as modern photogrammetry have become inexpensive and highly accessible. Close-range low-altitude (manned and autonomous aircraft) and ground-based platforms provide datasets with increasingly high resolution, both in time (seconds to days) and space (sub-meter), allowing for detailed observations of changes in coastal landscapes and the related nearshore and beach processes that drive those changes. These advances provide a new understanding of the patterns, rates, and causes of coastal circulation and morphodynamics on scales of kilometers and less. High-resolution, close-range remote sensing also allows for the documentation of ongoing and future effects of storms, sea-level rise, coastal restoration, and human impacts on coastal environments. Additionally, these technologies and methods facilitate interdisciplinary studies of the coastal zone. This session will highlight scientific results that have emerged from these technologies and methods and explore challenges and plans for future remote sensing efforts.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
- PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller
Index Terms:
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4235 Estuarine processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Primary Chair: Brittany Lynn Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Field Research Facility, Duck, United States
Co-chairs: Jonathan A Warrick, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States, Shawn R Harrison, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, United States and Rafael Almar, Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), IRD, Toulouse, France
Primary Liaison: Brittany Lynn Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Field Research Facility, Duck, United States
Moderators: Brittany Lynn Bruder, University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, United States and Shawn R Harrison, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Shawn R Harrison, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
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