Change detection of the coastal zone east of the Nile Delta using remote sensing

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-777

  El Asmar, H M ^a   Hereher, M E ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Change detection; Nile Delta; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENERGY RESOURCES; EROSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; SATELLITES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; CHANGE DETECTION; GEOMETRIC RECTIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; NILE DELTA; SHORELINE POSITION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES;

REMOTE SENSING;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITIZATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPOT; SURFACE AREA; THEMATIC MAPPING; TRACKING;

DAMIETTA; EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA; NILE DELTA; PORT SAID [EGYPT];

EID: 79251599864     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0564-9     Document Type: Article

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