Dual-camera, high-resolution aerial assessment of pipeline revegetation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, Samuel E ^a  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial monitoring costs; Aerial photography; Environmental monitoring; Ground cover measurements; Point sampling; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

AERIAL MONITORING; AERIAL MONITORING COSTS; COVER MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POINT SAMPLING; SPATIAL DATA;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PIPELINES; REMOTE SENSING; REVEGETATION; SAMPLING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVEYS;

MONITORING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AERIAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIPELINE; REVEGETATION; SPATIAL DATA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIPELINE; REVEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; WYOMING;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 72349089284     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0562-5     Document Type: Article

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