Quantifying landscape pattern and its change in an estuarine watershed using satellite imagery and landscape metrics

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5297-5323

  Yang, Xiaojun ^a   Liu, Zhi ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; PATTERN MATCHING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTUARINE WATERSHED; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PENSACOLA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745083170     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500219273     Document Type: Article

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