Mapping piping plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) habitat in coastal areas using airborne lidar data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-533

  Goodale, R ^a   Hopkinson, C ^a   Colville, D ^a   Amirault Langlais, D ^b  

^a Applied Geomatics Research Group   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS MELODUS; GROUND VALIDATION; MUDFLATS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATIONS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

EID: 42949143560     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-058     Document Type: Article

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