Shallow Water Laser Bathymetry: Accomplishments and Applications
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Airbome Laser Bathymetry (ALB) is a technique primarily aimed at augmenting nautical chart production and bathymetric mapping capability in relatively shallow coastal waters. The potential of waterpenetrating airborne laser radar to provide cost effective characterization of underwater topography to depths as great as 50 meters, depending on water clarity, has triggered a number of research and development efforts worldwide over the past three decades. Currently ongoing and aimed at providing operational ALB tools, are the Optech Incorporated "SHOALS" program for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Saab Instruments/Optech Inc. "Hawk Eye" program for both the Swedish Navy and the Swedish Hydrographic Department, and the Royal Australian Navy's "LADS" program.
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