TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of LiDAR technology for measurement of time-varying free-surface profiles in a laboratory wave flume
AU - Blenkinsopp, C.E.
AU - Turner, I.L.
AU - Allis, M.J.
AU - Peirson, W.L.
AU - Garden, L.E.
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - An experimental study was completed to investigate the ability of a fixed, two-dimensional LiDAR instrument to obtain detailed measurements of propagating waves within a laboratory wave flume. The results show that this technology can be used to obtain synchronous free-surface measurements at a horizontal spatial resolution O(10. mm), with comparable vertical accuracy to that of more conventional, high-precision capacitance wave probes. The principal advantage of using the LiDAR is that a single, non-intrusive instrument can be utilised to measure the entire wave field at high resolution allowing detailed evaluation of wave transformation throughout the experimental domain.
AB - An experimental study was completed to investigate the ability of a fixed, two-dimensional LiDAR instrument to obtain detailed measurements of propagating waves within a laboratory wave flume. The results show that this technology can be used to obtain synchronous free-surface measurements at a horizontal spatial resolution O(10. mm), with comparable vertical accuracy to that of more conventional, high-precision capacitance wave probes. The principal advantage of using the LiDAR is that a single, non-intrusive instrument can be utilised to measure the entire wave field at high resolution allowing detailed evaluation of wave transformation throughout the experimental domain.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.04.006
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U2 - 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.04.006
DO - 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.04.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861008263
SN - 0378-3839
VL - 68
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Coastal Engineering
JF - Coastal Engineering
ER -