Detecting patterns and changes in a complex benthic environment of the Baltic Sea

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Vahtmäe, Ele ^a   Kutser, Tiit ^a   Kotta, Jonne ^a   Pärnoja, Merli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; benthic habitat patterns; change detection; multispectral; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COASTAL ZONES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING;

BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC HABITAT PATTERNS; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84855214904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3653271     Document Type: Article

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