Development of the US Army Corps of Engineers scanning hydrographic operational airborne lidar survey system

Author

Lillycrop, Jeff ; Banic, John

Author_Institution

US Army Eng. Waterways Exp. Station, Livermore, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

23-27 Mar 1992

Firstpage

551

Abstract

Summary form only given. In March 1988, the US Army Corps of Engineers began a cost-shared program with the Canadian government to design, construct, and field-verify an airborne lidar hydrographic surveying system. The program is intended to build on experience gained by the Canadian Hydrographic Service in operating the Larsen 500. The authors present the system´s design, including aspects of system performance and operational characteristics, and discuss the program´s status including field tests scheduled to begin during the summer of 1992

Keywords

hydrological equipment; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; Canadian Hydrographic Service; Canadian government; US Army Corps of Engineers; airborne lidar hydrographic surveying system; operational characteristics; system performance; Boats; Contracts; Control systems; Design engineering; Floods; Large-scale systems; Laser radar; Microwave theory and techniques; Navigation; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1992. Record. 500 Years After Columbus - Navigation Challenges of Tomorrow. IEEE PLANS '92., IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0468-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1992.185907

Filename

185907