Continental-scale mapping of Adélie penguin colonies from Landsat imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 353-364

  Schwaller, Mathew R ^a   Southwell, Colin J ^b   Emmerson, Louise M ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Antarctica; ETM+; Landsat; Penguin

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ETM; GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES; LANDSAT; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); PENGUIN; RADIOMETRIC NOISE;

PIXELS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS;

BIRDS;

ALGORITHM; BREEDING POPULATION; COAST; COLONY; DATA SET; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LITERATURE REVIEW; NOISE; PIXEL; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84883788241     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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