Mapping eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada using high spatial resolution satellite and airborne imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-167

  O'Neill, Jennifer D ^a   Costa, Maycira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AISA; Canada; Coastal; Digital image processing; Eelgrass; High spatial resolution; Hyperspectral; IKONOS; Mapping; Multispectral

Indexed keywords

AISA; CANADA; COASTAL; EELGRASS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; IKONOS; MULTI-SPECTRAL;

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; IKONOS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK RESERVE;

EID: 84875039110     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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