Download or read book Littoral Environment Visualization Tool written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of critical U.S. programs on Homeland Security and Homeland Defense applications, and on the brown water navies of potential adversaries elicits a need for understanding and visualizing the near-shore land and maritime environments. The goal of this project is to develop a windows application that will provide a near real-time visual depiction of wave, wind, or other environmental elements' impact on the littoral environment that can be used as an aid to decision makers in their planning/response efforts. To achieve our goal we will use our latest commercially available PC-based military simulation. Our commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) naval strategy simulation, Sonalysts Combat Simulations - Dangerous Waters (registered trademark), includes high fidelity 3D micro-simulations of subsurface, surface, and air platforms that also include environmental characteristics such as day/night, currents, wind and stormy weather. The primary focus of this simulation is in the deep water environment. We will modify this engine as necessary to provide a realistic animation of the shallow water environment that exists within the littoral zone. We intend to show the feasibility of performing this shallow water visualization process through a proof of concept application developed during this Phase I period of nine months. This proof of concept will demonstrate a computer-based tool capable of providing fairly rapid rendering and realistic visualization of a littoral environment that is composed of varying elements such as wind speed and direction, wave height, periodicity, and direction.
Download or read book Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies written by D.R. Green and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005 the CoastGIS symposium and exhibition was once again held in Aberdeen, Scotland, in the UK, the second time that we have had the privilege host this international event in the city of Aberdeen. This was the 6th International S- posium Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management, a collabo- tion between the International Cartographic Association’s (ICA) Commission on Marine Cartography, and the International Geographical Union’s (IGU) Comm- sion on Coastal Systems. The theme for 2005 was: De ning and Building a Marine and Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure. As a major coastal event, the CoastGIS series of conferences always attracts an international audience of coastal researchers, managers, and pr- titioners who use one or more of the geospatial technologies (e. g. GIS, GPS, digital mapping, remote sensing, databases, and the Internet) in their work. The CoastGIS series is fundamentally an international event which over the years has gained a strong following attracting delegates from around the globe. Hosted by the University of Aberdeen – at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) – once again CoastGIS 2005 provided an opportunity to communicate the results of a wide range of innovative scienti c research into coastal and marine applications of the geospatial technologies, including remote sensing, Geograp- cal Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), databases, data models, the Internet and online mapping systems.
Download or read book Visualization for Planning and Management of Oceans and Coasts written by Michelle Portman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews visualization tools available to environmental planners and managers working on ocean and coastal environments. The practice of visualization involves making and manipulating images that convey novel phenomena and ideas. First I describe visualization within the context of visual environmental communication, an emerging and rapidly evolving discipline. A review of the literature on visualization is provided and a typology of cartographic visualization and scene simulation is proposed. Ways to make visualizations relevant for work with the public and policy makers is discussed. While significant progress has been made in the area of visualization for climate change with much of it focusing on coastal impacts, little attention has been given to visualizing the marine environment within the framework of visualization studies. More technical work on integrating maps and scenes is needed for planning and management of ocean and coasts, including research on advanced GIS methods for decision-making and virtual reality.
Download or read book Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate written by Barbara Zanuttigh and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate provides innovative, multidisciplinary best practices for mitigating the effects of climate change on coastal structures. Based on the Theseus program, the book includes eight study sites across Europe, with specific attention to the most vulnerable coastal environments such as deltas, estuaries and wetlands, where many large cities and industrial areas are located. - Integrated risk assessment tools for considering the effects of climate change and related uncertainties - Presents latest insights on coastal engineering defenses - Provides integrated guidelines for setting up optimal mitigation measures - Provides directly applicable tools for the design of mitigation measures - Highlights socio-economic perspectives in coastal mitigation
Download or read book Coastal Risk Shores and Deltas in Peril written by Clara Armaroli and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interaction between land and sea is controlled by a number of processes that are in general driven by the equilibrium between environmental forcing components (e.g. hydrodynamic - waves, currents, surges), atmospheric (e.g. winds) and terrestrial (e.g. catchment land cover) and sediment dynamics. In the context of the Anthropocene epoch, the equilibrium in many coastal regions is now often altered by the influence of human activities. Successive human activities globally influence (indirectly) these forcing components, helping magnify the negative impact of extreme meteorological events and sea level rise. Directly, human activity can also influence a number of processes at a local scale within and between the catchment, the sea and the coast. For example, misplaced engineered infrastructure inside these naturally dynamic environments can accentuate disequilibrium, destabilizing shores and deltas. Development in catchments can promote rapid runoff, inducing sometimes-dramatic effects on downstream urbanized areas, the socio-economy as well as on coastal resources and ecosystems. This Research Topic aims to assemble research and review papers that focus on the dynamics of shores and deltas in peril under present conditions as well as in the future context of sea-level rise, climate change and adaptation strategies under various scenarios.
Download or read book Coastal and Marine Geo Information Systems written by David R. Green and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis now placed on the concept of sediment cells as boundaries for coastal defence groups, and the development of SMPs, should help CPAs realise the importance of natural processes at the coast when designing defence and protection schemes. However, this will only be the case where defence groups exist, and where CPAs take up the challenge of developing SMPs. Coastal landscapes have been produced by the natural forces of wind, waves and tides, and many are nationally or internationally important for their habitats and natural features. Past practices at the coast, such as the construction of harbours, jetties and traditional defence systems may have contributed to the deterioration of the coast. English Nature (1992) have argued that if practices and methods of coastal defence are allowed to continue, then coastlines would be faced with worsening consequences, including: The loss of mudflats and the birds which live on them Damage to geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and scenic heritage by erosion, due to the stabilisation of the coast elsewhere Cutting of sediment supplies to beaches resulting in the loss of coastal wildlife Cessation through isolation from coastal processes, of the natural operation of spits, with serious deterioration of rare plants, animals and geomorphological and scenic qualities (English Nature, 1992) A number of designations, provided by national and international legislation do exist to aid conservation.
Download or read book Advances in Coastal Modeling written by V.C. Lakhan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-10-24 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unifies and enhances the accessibility of contemporary scholarly research on advances in coastal modeling. A comprehensive spectrum of innovative models addresses the wide diversity and multifaceted aspects of coastal research on the complex natural processes, dynamics, interactions and responses of the coastal supersystem and its associated subsystems. The twenty-one chapters, contributed by internationally recognized coastal experts from fourteen countries, provide invaluable insights on the recent advances and present state-of-the-art knowledge on coastal models which are essential for not only illuminating the governing coastal process and various characteristics, but also for understanding and predicting the dynamics at work in the coastal system. One of the unique strengths of the book is the impressive and encompassing presentation of current functional and operational coastal models for all those concerned with and interested in the modeling of seas, oceans and coasts. In addition to chapters modeling the dynamic natural processes of waves, currents, circulatory flows and sediment transport there are also chapters that focus on the modeling of beaches, shorelines, tidal basins and shore platforms. The substantial scope of the book is further strengthened with chapters concentrating on the effects of coastal structures on nearshore flows, coastal water quality, coastal pollution, coastal ecological modeling, statistical data modeling, and coupling of coastal models with geographical information systems.
Download or read book Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments written by Sarah M. Hamylton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the convergence of the land and sea, coastal environments are some of the most dynamic and populated places on Earth. This book explains how the many varied forms of spatial analysis, including mapping, monitoring and modelling, can be applied to a range of coastal environments such as estuaries, mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs. Presenting empirical geographical approaches to modelling, which draw on recent developments in remote sensing technology, geographical information science and spatial statistics, it provides the analytical tools to map, monitor and explain or predict coastal features. With detailed case studies and accompanying online practical exercises, it is an ideal resource for undergraduate courses in spatial science. Taking a broad view of spatial analysis and covering basic and advanced analytical areas such as spatial data and geostatistics, it is also a useful reference for ecologists, geomorphologists, geographers and modellers interested in understanding coastal environments.
Download or read book Advances in Computing and Information Technology written by Natarajan Meghanathan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-22 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international conference on Advances in Computing and Information technology (ACITY 2012) provides an excellent international forum for both academics and professionals for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Computer Science and Information Technology. The Second International Conference on Advances in Computing and Information technology (ACITY 2012), held in Chennai, India, during July 13-15, 2012, covered a number of topics in all major fields of Computer Science and Information Technology including: networking and communications, network security and applications, web and internet computing, ubiquitous computing, algorithms, bioinformatics, digital image processing and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, soft computing and applications. Upon a strength review process, a number of high-quality, presenting not only innovative ideas but also a founded evaluation and a strong argumentation of the same, were selected and collected in the present proceedings, that is composed of three different volumes.
Download or read book Visualizing Physical Geography written by Timothy Foresman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unique approach, Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition captures the reader's attention and demonstrates why physical geography is relevant to them. It relies heavily on the integration of National Geographic and other visuals with narrative to explore key concepts. New emphasis is placed on environmental issues, such as climate change, overpopulation and deforestation, from a geographical perspective. Readers will appreciate this approach because it vividly illustrates the interconnectedness of physical processes that weave together to create our planet's dynamic surface and atmosphere.
Download or read book Marine and Coastal Resource Management written by David R. Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source. Each chapter is written by an international authority and expert in the respective field, providing perspectives from physical and human geography, marine biology and fisheries, planning and surveying, law, technology, environmental change, engineering, and tourism. In addition to an overview of the theory and practice of its subject area, many chapters include detailed case studies to illustrate the applications, including relationships to decision-making requirements at local, regional, and national levels. Each chapter also includes a list of references for further reading, with a selection of key journal papers and URLs. Overall, this volume provides a key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and for the coastal or marine practitioner, as well as a long-term reference for students.
Download or read book Coastal Informatics Web Atlas Design and Implementation written by Wright, Dawn and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines state-of-the-art developments in coastal informatics (e.g., data portals, data/ metadata vocabularies and ontologies, metadata creation/ extraction/ cross-walking tools, geographic and information management systems, grid computing) and coastal mapping (particularly via Internet map servers and web-based geographical information and analysis)"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Environmental Systems written by Antonio S. Camara and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for scholars and students of geography, geology, environmental science, civil engineering, urban planning biology, and social sciences.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Seascapes written by Gloria Pungetti and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management. This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape, with the latest research findings from leading experts across a variety of fields, offering a holistic approach to seascape linking nature with culture, and theory with practice. Divided into six parts, it includes over 30 chapters from contributors around the world. Pioneering methods with illustrated case studies from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, North Sea, North America and Asia serve as examples for future seascape development, conservation and governance. An important and extremely timely resource, the Routledge Handbook of Seascapes provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.
Download or read book Environmental Planning for Oceans and Coasts written by Michelle Eva Portman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book informs environmental planning professionals, students and those interested in oceans and coasts from an environmental perspective about what is needed for planning and management of these unique environments. It is comprised of twelve chapters organized in three parts. Part I highlights the basics tenets of environmental planning for oceans and coasts including important concepts from the general field of planning and coastal and ocean management (e.g., hydrography, oceans policy and law, geomorphology). Environmental problems inherent within oceans and coasts (such as sea level rise, marine pollution, overdevelopment, etc.) are also addressed, especially those at the land–sea interface. Part II covers those methodological approaches regularly used by planners working to improve environmental quality and conditions of oceans and coasts among them: integrated planning and management, ecosystem services, pollution prevention, and marine spatial planning. Part III focuses specifically on state-of-the-art tools and technologies employed by planners for marine and coastal protection. These include systematic conservation planning for protected areas, decision support tools, coastal adaptation techniques and various types of communication, including visualization, narration and tools for stakeholder participation. The final chapter in the book reviews the most important concepts covered throughout book and emphasizes the important role that environmental planners have to play in the protection and well-being of oceans and coasts. Michael K. Orbach, of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, penned the book's foreword.
Download or read book Coastal Chalk Cliff Instability written by Rory N. Mortimore and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected from the International Conference on Coastal Rock Slope Instability: Geohazard and Risk Analysis in May 2001, these papers describe research relating to the growing hazard to communities from chalk cliff retreat on the southeast coast of England and the northwest coast of France. General topics of the papers include primary geological c
Download or read book Simulated WAve Visualizer SWAV written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Simulated WAve Visualizer (SWAV) program will provide mission planners a valuable tool for visualizing near shore environments that will provide real-time actionable information that will influence the implementation of missions. The SWAV is a software program that will be deployed on ships so that naval personal will be able to "see" first hand the environment to which they are going to be deployed. Further, SWAV will be a powerful graphical training aid to educate novice seamen on the dynamics and dangers of the littoral environment. The realistic imagery produced by SWAV conveys a multitude of information that cannot be gained through numeric or simple sea state metrics. Useful Approximations in Wave Visualization - While the field of oceanographic hydrodynamics is quite mature, the use of analytical and computational approaches developed in that area for the development of realistic ocean surfaces has been largely studied only in the movie and video game industries. A key objective of the SWAV program is to establish an analytical approach that provides physically realistic ocean scenes with a minimum of computer resources to provide a gateway to a realtime ocean visualization tool. Optical Properties of the Ocean Surface - Optical measurements of the ocean surface and sub-surface are commonplace. A key objective of the SWAV program is to connect meteorological conditions with sea surface optical properties to develop an analytical link between the instantaneous environment and the light transmission and reflection properties of the ocean surface.
