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AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETRY FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING OF COASTAL STORM-SURGE FLOODING

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Remote sensing of aquatic coastal ecosystem processes

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  1. Applied Geomatics Research Group, Center of Geographic Sciences, Nova Scotia Community College, 50 Elliot Road, Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada

    TIM L. WEBSTER

  2. Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    DONALD L. FORBES

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WEBSTER, T., FORBES, D. (2006). AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETRY FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING OF COASTAL STORM-SURGE FLOODING. In: RICHARDSON, L., LeDREW, E. (eds) Remote sensing of aquatic coastal ecosystem processes. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3968-9_7

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