Mapping coastal erosion at the Nile Delta western promontory using Landsat imagery

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1117-1125

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Change detection; Coastal erosion; Remote sensing; Rosetta

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); LANDSAT IMAGERY; LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGES; NILE DELTA; POST CLASSIFICATION; ROSETTA; SHORELINE POSITION; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES;

LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; SHORE PROTECTION;

EROSION;

COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA; ROSETTA PROMONTORY;

EID: 80053132623     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0928-9     Document Type: Article

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