Live coral cover index testing and application with hyperspectral airborne image data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6116-6137

  Joyce, Karen E ^a,b   Phinn, Stuart R ^b   Roelfsema, Chris M ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Band ratios; Casi; Field survey; Hyperspectral; Image processing; Live coral; Remote sensing; Spectral index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

BAND RATIOS; CASI; FIELD SURVEYS; HYPERSPECTRAL; LIVE CORAL; SPECTRAL INDICES;

REEFS;

EID: 84904502142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5116116     Document Type: Article

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