Evaluation of WorldView-2 and acoustic remote sensing for mapping benthic habitats in temperate coastal Pacific waters

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 153, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-23

  Reshitnyk, Luba ^a   Costa, Maycira ^a   Robinson, Cliff ^a   Dearden, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Eelgrass; Habitat mapping; High spatial resolution; Marine protected areas; Multispectral; Nearshore; QTC View V; Single beam acoustics; Submerged aquatic vegetation; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONSERVATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

CANADA; EELGRASS; HABITAT MAPPING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MULTI-SPECTRAL; NEARSHORES; SINGLE-BEAM; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS; WORLDVIEW-2;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGA; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT TYPE; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE PARK; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VIDEOGRAPHY; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BENTHOS; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL WATER; GREEN ALGA; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WORLDVIEW-2;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; GWAII HAANAS NATIONAL PARK; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 84906058504     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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