Spatio-temporal analysis of remotely-sensed forest mortality associated with road de-icing salts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 929-938

  Fan, Yuanchao ^a   Weisberg, Peter J ^a   Nowak, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial deposition; De icing salts; Forest health; Lagged effects; Remote sensing; Soil uptake

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DEPOSITION; REMOTE SENSING; ROADSIDES; SALTS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

AERIAL DEPOSITION; DEICING SALTS; FOREST HEALTH; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; LAGGED EFFECTS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

DE ICING SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEPOSITION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST HEALTH; IKONOS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; INORGANIC SALTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

SCOLYTINAE;

AERIAL DEPOSITION; DE-ICING SALTS; FOREST HEALTH; LAGGED EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL UPTAKE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEVADA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SALTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; TREES;

EID: 84890409233     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.103     Document Type: Article

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