Evaluating hyperspectral imaging of wetland vegetation as a tool for detecting estuarine nutrient enrichment

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4020-4033

  Siciliano, Daria ^a,c   Wasson, Kerstin ^b   Potts, Donald C ^a   Olsen, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

HyMap; Hyperspectral; Nitrogen; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BLAST ENRICHMENT; FERTILIZERS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

HYMAP; HYPERSPECTRAL; NITROGEN; WETLAND;

NUTRIENTS;

EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER; IMAGERY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 53149132749     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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