Effects of Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast ecosystems: A remote sensing study of land cover change around Weeks Bay, Alabama

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 1707-1711

  Lam, N S N ^a   Liu, K B ^a   Liang, W ^a   Bianchette, T A ^a   Platt, W J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Ecosystem resilience; IKONOS

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HURRICANE IVAN 2004; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; IKONOS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES; WEEKS BAY;

EID: 84857418784     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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