Field-based remote-sensing for experimental intertidal ecology: Case studies using hyperspatial and hyperspectral data for New South Wales (Australia)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3353-3365

  Murphy, R J ^a   Underwood, A J ^a   Tolhurst, T J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour infrared; Ecology; Field spectrometry; Micro algae; Sediment; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOMASS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; MACROS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

ALGAL BIOMASS; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HYPER-SPECTRAL DATA; INFRARED (IR); MACRO ALGAE; MEAN SQUARE (MS); NEAR INFRA-RED (NIR); NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW); SMALL-SCALE PROCESSES; SPATIAL SCALING;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

ABSORPTION; ALGAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLLS; ECOLOGY; EROSION; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; REMOVAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS; SENSORS;

ALGAE;

EID: 45649084817     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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