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LiDAR Overview

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LiDAR is rapidly gaining prominence in coral reef research and management due to its ability to represent complex topographic structures with very high precision. The technology is now moving out of the research arena into operational use with an accompanied dramatic drop in survey cost. Typically aircraft mounted, LiDAR instruments are capable of auditing large areas more rapidly than could be achieved using more traditional vessel-based techniques. LiDAR, in contrast to passive optical remote sensing data, which rely on inference using some radiance measurement or reflectance index, provides direct measurements of elevation from which both terrestrial and marine topography can be easily derived. The combination of high point density scanning laser altimetry data coupled with high precision GPS provide very detailed three-dimensional information. While typically used as the basis for mapping, these data are also well poised for the derivation of coral reef biophysical properties, such as seabed geomorphology, rugosity, texture and bed-form geometry. In turn, such parameters can be related to both the biology and geology of the audited ecosystem.

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Sam Purkis was supported by the National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University.

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Purkis, S.J., Brock, J.C. (2013). LiDAR Overview. In: Goodman, J., Purkis, S., Phinn, S. (eds) Coral Reef Remote Sensing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9292-2_5

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