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Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences

by: Heritage, George; Large, Andy

ISBN: 9781405157179 | 1405157178

Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 4/20/2009

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

3D surface representation has long been a source of information describing surface character and facilitating an understanding of system dynamics from micro-scale (e.g. sand transport) to macro-scale (e.g. drainage channel network evolution). Data collection has been achieved through field mapping techniques and the use of remotely sensed data. Advances in this latter field have been considerable in recent years with new rapid-acquisition methods being developed centered around laser based technology. The advent of airborne and field based lase... MOREr scanning instruments has allowed researchers to collect high density accurate data sets and these are revealing a wealth of new information and generating important new ideas concerning terrain characterisation and landform dynamics.The proposed book collates a series of invited peer revieved papers presented at the a conference on geoinformatics and LIDAR to be held at the National Centre for Geocomputation based in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Current constraints in field survey and DEM construction are reviewed together with technical and applied issues around the new technology. The utility of the data in process modelling is also covered. The book will be of great value to researchers in the field of geomorphology, geostatistics, remote sensing and GIS and will prove extremely useful to students and practitioners concerned with terrain analysis. The proposed work will: Highlight major technological breakthrough in 3D data collection. Feature examples of application across a wide range of environmental areas. Critically evaluate the role of laser based techniques in the environment. Detail theory and application of laser techniques in the natural environment.

This book collates a series of invited peer reviewed papers presented at the conference on geoinformatics and LIDAR held at the National Centre for Geocomputation based in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Current constraints in field survey and DEM construction are reviewed together with technical and applied issues around the new technology. The utility of the data in process modeling is also covered. The book provides great value to researchers in the field of geomorphology, geostatistics, remote sensing, and GIS, and is extremely useful to students and practitioners concerned with terrain analysis.

Highlight major technological breakthrough in 3D data collection. Feature examples of application across a wide range of environmental areas. Critically evaluate the role of laser based techniques in the environment. Detail theory and application of laser techniques in the natural environment. .

Preface
List of Contributors
Laser scanning � evolution of the discipline
Principles of 3D laser scanning
Issues in laser scanning Seamus Coveney
Airborne LiDAR: instrumentation, data acquisition and handling Bernard Devereux
Geostatisical analysis of LiDAR data
General data issues, data quality and protocols
Terrestrial lase... MORE
Airborne Laser Scanning � Methods for processing and automatic feature extraction for natural as well as for artificial (man-made)
Numerical modelling of 3D flow using spatially distributed datasets of topography and roughness at different grid resolutions
Airborne LiDAR Measurements to Quantify Change in Sandy Beaches
LiDAR in the Environmental sciences: Geological Applications
Using LiDAR in archaeological contexts: The English Heritage experience and lessons learned
Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure
Flood mapping and vegetation mapping in large river systems
Laser scanning surveying of linear features: considerations and applications
Laser scanning � the future
Index
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George Heritage

Director

Centre for Environmental Systems Research

University of Salford

ManchesterM5 4DT

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