Coral reef risk assessment using DMSP nighttime lights - Temporal trends and global perspectives

Proceedings, 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, ISRSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 768-771

  Aubrecht, C ^a   Elvidge, C D ^b   Eakin, C M ^c   Ziskin, D ^b   Baugh, K E ^b  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; DMSP; Nighttime lights; Risk assessment; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; DMSP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

REEFS;

EID: 84879947135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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