• DocumentCode
    1104476
  • Title

    Hydraulic Splines: A Hybrid Approach to Modeling River Channel Geometries

  • Author

    Flanagin, Maik ; Grenotton, Aurélien ; Ratcliff, Jay ; Shaw, Kevin B. ; Sample, John ; Abdelguerfi, Mahdi

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Martin IT, New Orleans
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    The hydraulic spline algorithm generates irregular 2D channel grids from highly accurate cross-sectional survey data at any desired resolution, facilitating its integration with high-density light detection and ranging (lidar) data.
  • Keywords
    computational geometry; geographic information systems; rivers; splines (mathematics); 2D channel grids; high density light detection and ranging data; hydraulic splines; lidar; river channel geometries; Floods; Geometry; Hurricanes; Laser radar; Levee; Protection; Rivers; Sediments; Solid modeling; Surface topography; algorithm design; grid computing; river channels; splines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2007.99
  • Filename
    4293730
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1104476