Section II – Monitoring Applications
Chapter 6
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES OF A NEAR REAL-TIME
METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC IN SITU INSTRUMENTED
ARRAY, AND ITS ROLE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION
SUPPORT
JAMES C. HENDEE, ERIK STABENAU, LOUIS FLORIT, DEREK MANZELLO,
AND CLARKE JEFFRIS
1. Introduction
135
1.1 Overview of monitoring stations
135
2. Challenges in Setting up a Network
136
3. The CREWS Network
137
4. Station Construction and Deployment
138
4.1 Site selection
140
5. Station Maintenance
141
6. Data Validation
142
7. Information Systems
142
7.1 Presentation of real-time raw data
142
7.2 Data quality control
143
7.3 Expert system analysis
145
8. Research Application
145
8.1 Coral bleaching
146
8.1.1 Remote verification of coral bleaching alerts and predictions
147
8.1.2 The underwater light field
148
8.1.3 Fluorescence efficiency
149
9. Acknowledgements
155
1 0 . R e f e r e n c e s
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Chapter 7
AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETRY FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING OF
COASTAL STORM-SURGE FLOODING
TIM L. WEBSTER AND DONALD L. FORBES
1. Introduction
157
1.1 The challenge
157
1.2 Remote sensing technologies for flood risk mapping
158
1.3 Case study: Flood risk mapping in Prince Edward Island, Canada
159
1.3.1 LIDAR mapping
159
2. Validation of LIDAR Elevation Models
162
3. DEM Construction from LIDAR
171
3.1 Interpolation methods and classification of the LIDAR point cloud
171
3.2 Ground surface refinement
172
4. Flood-risk Mapping Using a LIDAR DEM
173
4.1 Water levels for the flood modeling
173
4.2 GIS flood modeling of storm-surge water levels
175
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