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Remote Sensing and Modeling

Advances in Coastal and Marine Resources

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Charles W. Finkl

    1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

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  2. Christopher Makowski

    1. Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, USA

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  • Presents the latest advances in science and technology for the coastal marine environment
  • Covers a wide range of methodologies in remote sensing
  • Elucidates techniques and procedures that are applicable to the coastal zone
  • Shows practical applications of new developments methods, procedures and interpretations via modeling
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 9)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Remote Sensing, Mapping and Survey of Coastal Biophysical Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Remote Sensing of Coastal Ecosystems and Environments

      • Victor V. Klemas
      Pages 3-30

    3. Advanced Techniques for Mapping Biophysical Environments on Carbonate Banks Using Laser Airborne Depth Sounding (LADS) and IKONOS Satellite Imagery

      • Charles W. Finkl, Christopher Makowski, Heather Vollmer
      Pages 31-63

    4. Terrestrial Laser Scanner Surveying in Coastal Settings

      • Michael A. O’Neal
      Pages 65-76

    5. Advances in Applied Remote Sensing to Coastal Environments Using Free Satellite Imagery

      • Cristina Lira, Rui Taborda
      Pages 77-102

    6. Remote Sensing and Modeling of Coral Reef Resilience

      • Anders Knudby, Simon J. Pittman, Joseph Maina, Gwilym Rowlands
      Pages 103-134

    7. An Assessment of Physiographic Habitats, Geomorphology and Evolution of Chilika Lagoon (Odisha, India) Using Geospatial Technology

      • Ashis Kr. Paul, Sk. Majharul Islam, Subrata Jana
      Pages 135-160

    8. Foreshore Applications of X-band Radar

      • G. M. Jahid Hasan, Satoshi Takewaka
      Pages 161-191

  3. Advances in the Study and Interpretation of Coastal Oceans, Estuaries, Sea-Level Variation, and Water Quality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Digital Ocean Technological Advances

      • Xin Zhang, Xiaoyi Jiang, Suixiang Shi, Tianhe Chi
      Pages 195-214

    3. A New Statistical-Empirical Hybrid Based Model to Estimate Seasonal Sea-Level Variation in the Gulf of Paria from River Discharge

      • Carol Subrath-Ali
      Pages 215-236

    4. Advances in Modeling of Water Quality in Estuaries

      • Isabella Ascione Kenov, Francisco Campuzano, Guilherme Franz, Rodrigo Fernandes, Claudia Viegas, João Sobrinho et al.
      Pages 237-276

    5. Advances in Video Monitoring of the Beach and Nearshore: The Long-Term Perspective

      • Ana Nobre Silva, Rui Taborda
      Pages 277-294

    6. Application of Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques to Improve Modeling Estuary Water Quality

      • A. K. M. Azad Hossain, Yafei Jia, Xiaobo Chao, Mustafa Altinakar
      Pages 295-313

  4. Advances in Coastal Modeling Using Field Data, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Numerical Simulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. Developments in Salt Marsh Topography Analysis Using Airborne Infrared Photography

      • Francisco Andrade, Jackson Blanton, M. Adelaide Ferreira, Julie Amft
      Pages 317-331

    3. Examining Material Transport in Dynamic Coastal Environments: An Integrated Approach Using Field Data, Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling

      • Richard L. Miller, Ramón López, Ryan P. Mulligan, Robert E. Reed, Cheng-Chien Liu, Christopher J. Buonassissi et al.
      Pages 333-364

    4. Simulation Management Systems Developed by the Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory (NG-CHC): An Overview of Cyberinfrastructure to Support the Coastal Modeling Community in the Gulf of Mexico

      • Robert R. Twilley, Steve Brandt, Darlene Breaux, John Cartwright, Jim Chen, Greg Easson et al.
      Pages 365-394

    5. Advancement of Technology for Detecting Shoreline Changes in East Coast of India and Comparison with Prototype Behavior

      • Ramasamy Manivanan
      Pages 395-403
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About this book

This book is geared for advanced level research in the general subject area of remote sensing and modeling as they apply to the coastal marine environment. The various chapters focus on the latest scientific and technical advances in the service of better understanding coastal marine environments for their care, conservation and management. Chapters specifically deal with advances in remote sensing coastal classifications, environmental monitoring, digital ocean technological advances, geophysical methods, geoacoustics, X-band radar, risk assessment models, GIS applications, real-time modeling systems, and spatial modeling. Readers will find this book useful because it summarizes applications of new research methods in one of the world’s most dynamic and complicated environments. Chapters in this book will be of interest to specialists in the coastal marine environment who deals with aspects of environmental monitoring and assessment via remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Charles W. Finkl

  • Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, USA

    Christopher Makowski

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