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Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page Call for Manuscripts for a Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue on: Advances in Topobathymetric Mapping, Models, and Applications Call for Manuscripts for a Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue on: Advances in Topobathymetric Mapping, Models, and Applications Guest Editors: John C. Brock USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program Ph#: 703-648-6053 Email: [email protected] Dean Gesch USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center Ph#: 605-594-6055 Email: [email protected] Detailed knowledge of temporally-varying subaerial and submerged topography is needed by scientists and policy-makers in heterogeneous coastal zones with high-energy physical processes, complex habitats, steep ecological gradients, focused societal infrastructure investments, and concentrated human populations vulnerable to a range of inundation hazards. The latest topographic and topographic-bathymetric (topobathymetric) lidar systems offer greatly enhanced littoral zone mapping capabilities and facilitate generation of merged multi-sensor coastal zone elevation models with continuous but varied resolution keyed to ecosystem zonation. Recently launched satellite sensors combined with radiative transfer modeling is improving the ability to derive bathymetry from multispectral and hyperspectral imagery where conditions permit. Efficient new methodologies are being developed to allow the assimilation of disparate and voluminous multi-sensor, multi-temporal topographic and bathymetric data sets to create seamless, regional-scale topobathymetric digital elevation models (TBDEMs). In parallel, coastal science and coastal zone management communities are devising original applications of these TBDEMs in coastal wetlands mapping and monitoring, storm surge and sea level-rise modeling, benthic habitat mapping, coral reef ecosystem mapping, and a host of related activities. Christopher Parrish NOAA/NGS Remote Sensing Division University of New Hampshire, NOAA-UNH JHC/CCOM Ph#: 603-862-0250 Email: [email protected] C. Wayne Wright USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Ph#: 727-512-1229 Email: [email protected] This Special Issue of the Journal of Coastal Research is intended to serve as a forum for researchers to communicate findings on the following broad topics: 1) capabilities of green laser lidar instruments or multispectral imagery to capture dense submerged elevation data under varying turbidity, depth, and substrate reflectance conditions, 2) capabilities of green laser lidar instruments to map ephemeral and morphologicallycomplex sedimentary structures and benthic habitats, 3) methods for the merging of multi-source elevation data to create seamless cross-shoreline TBDEMs keyed to coastal ecosystem zonation, 4) the application of seamless cross-shoreline TBDEMs within the hydrodynamic modeling and forecasting of tsunamis, storm surge, and flood inundation, 5) the application of cross-shoreline TBDEMs within the prediction of sea-level rise inundation and associated economic costs. Submission Deadline: August 31, 2014 Guest Editors: John C. Brock, Dean Gesch, Christopher E. Parrish, and C. Wayne Wright Please contact one of the Guest Editors if you intend to submit a manuscript (contact info on next page). 28 Just Cerfing Vol. 5, Issue 4, April 2014 29