Classification of boreal macrotidal littoral zone habitats in the Gulf of Maine: Comparison of IKONOS and CASI multispectral imagery

Geocarto International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 457-472

  Larsen, Peter Foster ^a   Phinney, David A ^a   Rubin, Fay ^b   Justice, David ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

CASI; Comparisons; Habitats; IKONOS; Intertidal

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; IKONOS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 70450265311     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106040802677029     Document Type: Article

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