Mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems using remote sensing measures of vegetation and moisture dynamics

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 372-385

  Barron, Olga V ^a   Emelyanova, Irina ^a   Van Niel, Thomas G ^a,b   Pollock, Daniel ^a   Hodgson, Geoff ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GEM; Landsat; Mapping; Remote sensing; Unsupervised classification

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL WATER DEMAND; GROUNDWATER-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS; LANDSAT; MULTISPECTRAL INDICES; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

GEMS; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84891556171     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9609     Document Type: Article

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