Woody vegetative cover dynamics in response to recent climate change on an Atlantic coast barrier Island: A remote sensing approach

Geocarto International

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 595-612

  Zinnert, Julie C ^a,b   Shiflett, Sheri A ^b   Vick, Jaclyn K ^b   Young, Donald R ^b  

^a US Army ERDC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier island; climate; Landsat TM; LiDAR; woody expansion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84859061204     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.621031     Document Type: Article

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