19 June 2001
REMOTE SENSING
IN THE SURF ZONE: NON-TRADITIONAL METHODS
IN RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
R. A. Holman
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
K. T. Holland
Naval Research Laboratory
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5004
H. Stockdon
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
J. Church
C&C Technologies
Lafayette, LA
Abstract
Naval forces have developed an increasing interest in very shallow water and surf zone regions. Optimum use of the environment requires knowledge of a range of properties from depth profiles to wave heights and current strengths. These usually must be measured remotely, a challenge given the large spatial gradients of the nearshore.
Techniques have been developed based on video imagery from fixed platforms. Generalities of the sampling problem are discussed long with the concepts underlying each technique. The main complications of transition to moving platforms are related to the statistical consequences of the different sampling capabilities.
Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.
Presented in
proceedings (pp.91-95) from the Rapid Environmental Assessment Conference Presentation
given in SACLANT, Lerici, Italy, March 1997.
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