Riparian monitoring using 2-cm GSD aerial photography

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 636-648

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, Samuel E ^a   Simonds, Gregg ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Open Range Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; ImageMeasurement; LaserLOG; Measurement; Measurement software; Merge; Resolution; Riparian measurements; Stream width

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; IMAGE SENSORS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AERIAL IMAGERY; IMAGE MEASUREMENT; LASERLOG; MEASUREMENT SOFTWARE; MERGE; RIPARIAN MEASUREMENTS; RIPARIAN MONITORING; STREAM WIDTH;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOMONITORING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALMONID; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; SALIX; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947707246     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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