Detecting vegetation cover change on the summit of Cadillac Mountain using multi-temporal remote sensing datasets: 1979, 2001, and 2007

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 180, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 63-75

  Kim, Min Kook ^a,b   Daigle, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Recreation; Remote sensing; Site management; Vegetation impact; Visitor management

Indexed keywords

CADILLACS; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; CONTROL SITES; DATA SETS; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; NATIONAL PARKS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RECREATION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SITE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL SCALE; SUB-ALPINE; TIME-PERIODS; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION RECOVERY; VISITOR MANAGEMENT;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; PARKS; RECOVERY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

VEGETATION;

DATA SET; GRANITE; REMOTE SENSING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECREATION; REMOTE SENSING; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAINE; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; CADILLAC MOUNTAIN; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961167786     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1772-1     Document Type: Article

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