A semiautomated approach for Monitoring landscape changes In Texas Seagrass beds from aerial photography

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 500-506

  Fletcher, Reginald S ^a   Pulich Jr , Warren ^b   Hardegree, Beau ^c  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMU CC   (United States)

Author keywords

Color space transformation; Geographic information system; Sea grass monitoring; Threshold models

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAPPING METHOD; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549087270     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0882.1     Document Type: Article

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