Temporal analysis of tidal inlet processes using Landsat Thematic Mapper data

Author

Donato, Timothy F. ; Bachmann, Charles M. ; Fusina, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2406

Abstract

In this study, we employ a Landsat time series and numerical techniques to study the littoral processes in and around Hatteras Inlet, NC. Multispectral bathymetric mapping methods and a feature tracking routine are used to estimate shoreline evolution and volumetric changes from subareal sand bodies in the inlet vicinity. The information obtained from this analysis is used to examine tidal delta and shoal evolution, shoreline and inlet migration, sand bypassing and littoral drift

Keywords

geomorphology; geophysical techniques; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; seafloor phenomena; terrain mapping; Hatteras Inlet; IR; Landsat; North Atlantic; North Carolina; Thematic Mapper; USA; United States; bathymetry; coast; feature tracking; geomorphology; geophysical measurement technique; infrared; inlet migration; land surface; littoral drift; littoral process; multispectral remote sensing; ocean; sand; seafloor geology; shoal; shoreline evolution; temporal analysis; terrain mapping; tidal inlet; time series; visible; volumetric changes; Protection; Remote sensing; Satellites; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978017

Filename

978017