New Approaches for Evaluating Lidar-Derived Shoreline

Authors:
  • CPChristopher E. Parrish
    Christopher E. Parrish
  • SWStephen A. White
    Stephen A. White
  • BCBrian R. Calder
    Brian R. Calder
  • SPShachak Pe’eRi
    Shachak Pe’eRi
  • YRYuri Rzhanov
    Yuri Rzhanov

Abstract
This study presents and compares two new methods of assessing the uncertainty of lidar-derived National Shoreline mapped by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey: an empirical (ground-based) approach and a stochastic (Monte Carlo) approach.