Landsat mapping of annual inundation (1979-2006) of the Macquarie Marshes in semi-arid Australia

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4545-4569

  Thomas, Rachael F ^a,b   Kingsford, Richard T ^b   Lu, Yi ^a   Hunter, Simon J ^a  

^a Rivers and Wetlands Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

CHANGE DETECTION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LONG TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN REGIONS; THEMATIC MAPPERS; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

FLOODS;

FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE MARSHES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 80052157654     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.489064     Document Type: Article

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