Mapping the distribution of an invasive marine alga (Codium fragile spp. tomentosoides) in optically shallow coastal waters using the compact airborne spectrographic imager (CASI)

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-329

  Theriault, C ^a,c   Scheibling, R ^a   Hatcher, B ^a,c   Jones, W ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hyperspectral Data International   (Canada)

^c CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; CONFORMAL MAPPING; IMAGE SENSORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ALGAE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; SENSORS; WATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL WATERS; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER (CASI); MACROALGA; WATER-COLUMN ATTENUATION; OCEAN COLOUR DATA; ROCKY SUBTIDAL ZONE;

ALGAE; SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 33846813900     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m06-027     Document Type: Article

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