Simple and effective monitoring of historic changes in nearshore environments using the free archive of Landsat imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Knudby, Anders ^a   Newman, Candace ^b   Shaghude, Yohanna ^c   Muhando, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b University of Dar es Salaam ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Algae; Change detection; Coral; Landsat; Nearshore environments; Seagrass; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSAT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

EAST AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 75349094555     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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