<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The goal of this study was to map watercourses, watersheds, and small wetland features that are completely obscured by the forest canopy using airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) within the archaeological site from Porolissum. This technology was used to generate a bare-earth Digital Terrain Model (DTM) with 0.5 m spatial resolution in order to map small depressions and concavities across 10 km<sup>2</sup> of forested landscape. Although further research is needed to determine the ecological, geological, and archaeological significance of the mapped waterbodies, the general methodology represents important progress in the rapid and accurate detection of wetland habitats in forested landscapes.</p></abstract>

The goal of this study was to map watercourses, watersheds, and small wetland features that are completely obscured by the forest canopy using airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) within the archaeological site from Porolissum. This technology was used to generate a bare-earth Digital Terrain Model (DTM) with 0.5 m spatial resolution in order to map small depressions and concavities across 10 km2 of forested landscape. Although further research is needed to determine the ecological, geological, and archaeological significance of the mapped waterbodies, the general methodology represents important progress in the rapid and accurate detection of wetland habitats in forested landscapes.

Using Airborne Lidar for Detection and Morphologic Analysis of Waterbodies Obscured by the Forest Canopy

National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences ‒ Institute of Biological Research Cluj-Napoca, Republicii Street 48, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400015,

Romanian Academy Cluj Branch ‒ Institute of Archaeology and Art History of Cluj-Napoca, Mihail Kogălniceanu Street 12-14, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400084,

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The goal of this study was to map watercourses, watersheds, and small wetland features that are completely obscured by the forest canopy using airborne LiDAR...

Using Airborne Lidar for Detection and Morphologic Analysis of Waterbodies Obscured by the Forest Canopy

Publié en ligne: 17 déc. 2016

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0044

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© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Using Airborne Lidar for Detection and Morphologic Analysis of Waterbodies Obscured by the Forest Canopy

Publié en ligne: 17 déc. 2016

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0044

Mots clésArc Hydro Tools, Land Facet Corridor Designer

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Arc Hydro Tools, Land Facet Corridor Designer