Characterizing patterns of plant distribution in a southern California salt marsh using remotely sensed topographic and hyperspectral data and local tidal fluctuations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-239

  Sadro, Steven ^a   Gastil Buhl, Mary ^a   Melack, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AVIRIS; LiDAR; Tidal inundation; Tidal salt marsh

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; TIDAL INUNDATION; TIDAL SALT MARSH;

RADAR IMAGING;

AVIRIS; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIDAR; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA; CARPINTERIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JAUMEA CARNOSA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 34547429531     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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