Regional Sediment Management: A GIS Approach to Spatial Data Analysis

Abstract

Regional sediment management (RSM) requires the capability for stakeholders in management decisions to explore the broad spatial and temporal impacts of potential management actions. In the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coastal RSM Demonstration Program several tools have emerged as necessary components for effective planning in regional sediment management. A geographic information system with specialized applications was developed to provide baseline information for regions including hiding hydrographic and topographic data, shoreline position, aerial and oblique photography, dredging records, nautical charts, and other data regarding regional utilities, infrastructure, and land use. Customized GIS applications were developed to retrieve pertinent hydrologic information, to extract dredging information from district databases via reporting tools, and to create bathymetric profiles and volume changes. The GIS also incorporated existing technology in regards to numerical models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA487969

Entities

People

  • Jennifer M. Wozencraft
  • Lyunn C. Hardegree
  • Rose Dopsovic

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerial Photography
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Cameras
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Demonstrations
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Grids
  • Information Systems
  • Photographs
  • Photography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.