Capability of the Sentinel 2 mission for tropical coral reef mapping and coral bleaching detection

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-155

  Hedley, John ^a   Roelfsema, Chris ^b   Koetz, Benjamin ^c   Phinn, Stuart ^b  

^a Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral reef; Mapping; Sentinel 2; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHANGE ANALYSIS; CONTINUITY OF SERVICES; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL MORTALITY; CORAL REEF; DESIGN FACTORS; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GLOBAL COVERAGE; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; INSTRUMENT NOISE; LANDSAT ETM+; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING APPLICATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION; MULTI-SPECTRAL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REFLECTANCE MODEL; SENTINEL 2; SIMULATED IMAGES; SPATIAL ALIGNMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL CORALS; UNCERTAINTY;

BLEACHING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CLEANING; MAPPING; REEFS; SENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BATHYMETRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MORTALITY; NOISE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE MISSION; SENSOR; SENTINEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84859425526     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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