A new approach to monitoring spatial distribution and dynamics of wetlands and associated flows of Australian Great Artesian Basin springs using QuickBird satellite imagery

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 140-152

  White, Davina C ^a   Lewis, Megan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Artesian Basin springs; Mound springs; QuickBird satellite imagery; Remote sensing; Temporal dynamics; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARTESIAN; DIGITAL MAPPING; DRYLAND; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MINING OPERATIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPRING FLOW; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL RESPONSE; VEGETATION COVER; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND AREA; WETLAND VEGETATION;

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MILITARY SATELLITES; MINING; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NDVI; QUICKBIRD; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

EID: 80052793575     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.032     Document Type: Article

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