Spectroscopic remote sensing of the distribution and persistence of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay marshes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-230

  Kokaly, Raymond F ^a   Couvillion, Brady R ^b   Holloway, JoAnn M ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^c   Ustin, Susan L ^d   Peterson, Seth H ^c   Khanna, Shruti ^d   Piazza, Sarai C ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Ecosystem disturbance and response; Hydrocarbon; Hyperspectral; Imaging spectroscopy; Oil spill

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DATA; AIRBORNE SURVEYS; AIRBORNE VISIBLE/INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; AVIRIS DATA; COASTAL WETLANDS; DEEPWATER; DETECTION ACCURACY; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; FIELD SURVEYS; GRID-SPACINGS; H-BONDS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; LANDSAT; LANDSAT ETM; LOUISIANA; PLANT CANOPIES; REFERENCE POINTS; REFERENCE SPECTRUM; RESAMPLING; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC REMOTE-SENSING;

HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; OIL SPILLS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

WETLANDS;

AVIRIS; COASTAL WETLAND; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DISTURBANCE; FIELD SURVEY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAP; OIL SPILL; PERSISTENCE; REMOTE SENSING;

BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84870383852     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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