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Hydroscan: Airborne laser mapping of hydrologic features and resources

Hydroscan Boook Cover We are pleased to announce the availability of the book Hydroscan: Airborne laser mapping of hydrologic features and resources, edited by Dr. Chris Hopkinson (Applied Geomatics Research Group), Dr Alain Pietroniro (Canadian Hydrology Research Centre), and Dr. John Pomeroy (Dept of Geography, University of Saskatchewan). This book is a compilation of materials presented at the Hydroscan Workshop hosted at the National Water Research Institute, Saskatoon, September 2006. Hydroscan was a workshop and symposium on airborne laser mapping technology and its application to hydrological research and water resources assessment. The aim of Hydroscan was to share new developments in laser mapping technology and application domains, while informing the end user community how the technology can be put to use in their water resources projects. This book is intended to be both a source of reference and a source of motivation for further research. Copies of the book are available from AGRG for $20 plus tax (and shipping if you can’t pick it up in person). Contact or if you wish to purchase a copy.

Citation:

Hopkinson, C., Pietroniro, A., Pomeroy, J., (eds.) 2008. Hydroscan: Airborne Laser Mapping of Hydrological Features and Resources. Environment Canada and the Canadian Water Resources Association.

ISBN 978-1-896513-36-2. 376 p.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Hopkinson, Pietroniro and Pomeroy

 

An overview of airborne laser scanning technology
Hopkinson
7
Hydrological applications of airborne laser scanning technology
Hopkinson and Pietroniro
23
The forward propagation of system related errors within LiDAR data
Goulden and Hopkinson
47
Environmental applications of active hyperspectral LIF LiDARs
Vorobiev and Lisin
69
The evolution of NAD83 in Canada
Craymer
91
Preparing LiDAR data for river flood impact assessment in a GIS environment:
a practical approach

Stiff, Hopkinson and Webster
119
Mapping soil surface saturation using lidar intensity data and a DEM topographic
wetness index in an agricultural watershed

Garroway, Hopkinson, Jamieson and Gordon
139
Mapping Vegetation Friction Indicators in a Tidal Salt Marsh Environment
167 Millard, Hopkinson, Redden, Webster and Stewart
167
Coastal habitat mapping using airborne LiDAR
Goodale, Hopkinson, Colville and Amirault
191
Using airborne LiDAR to assess the influence of glacier downwasting to water resources
in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Hopkinson and Demuth
211
Terrain resolution bias in GIS energy balance model estimates of glacial melt
Hopkinson, Chasmer, Munro and Demuth
233
Mapping snowpack depth beneath forest canopies using airborne lidar
Hopkinson, Sitar, Chasmer and Treitz
259
Evaluating the use of airborne LiDAR for quantifying high and medium-resolution terrestrial ecosystem structure and landscape heterogeneity
Chasmer and Hopkinson
279

Evaluation of LiDAR-derived ground surface digital elevation model (DEM)
in low-relief regions: case study on the Canadian Prairies.

Toyra, Pietroniro, Craymer and Veronneau

301