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Dec 31, 2015
A Comprehensive Field Study of Tidal Inlet Processes at Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1996
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The Ponce study is the first major long term field study of a tidal inlet since the General Investigations of Tidal Inlets of the 1970s. It is also the first to benefit from the major improvements in instrumentation and computer technology since that time. The helicopter Lidar bathymetric system operates by measuring the time difference between the reflection of a laser light pulse from the water surface and the bottom. Improved GPS technology allows SHOALS to survey the above water portions of the beach profile. The aerial photography and beach profile are combined with the SHOALS bathymetry in a GIS database. Once in the GIS, standard tools such as differencing and volume change mapping are applied.
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Coastal Engineering 1996
Pages: 3323 - 3336
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© 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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Gary L. Howell
Research Engineer, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-6199 USA.
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