Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-24

  Kirui, K B ^a   Kairo, J G ^a   Bosire, J ^a   Viergever, K M ^c   Rudra, S ^b   Huxham, M ^b   Briers, R A ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ecometrica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COHEN'S KAPPAS; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; LANDSAT IMAGERY; LANDSAT IMAGES; LANDSAT SATELLITE; MANGROVE FOREST;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; MAPPING METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COASTS; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KENYA; MANGROVE; SATELLITES;

KENYA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84884205808     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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