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LIDAR: mapping a shoreline by laser light
- Source :
- Geotimes. Nov, 2003, Vol. 48 Issue 11, p23, 5 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- LIDAR mapping is now making a huge contribution to coastal geologists studying how beaches and dunes change in time and space. LIDAR is used for light detection and ranging and this system sends out pulses of laser energy to measure the distance to a surface that reflects the energy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00168556
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Geotimes
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.121653566