Evaluating the complementarity of acoustic and satellite remote sensing for seagrass landscape mapping

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4069-4094

  Barrell, Jeffrey ^a   Grant, Jon ^a   Hanson, Alan ^b   Mahoney, Matthew ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DECISION THRESHOLD; INDEPENDENT GROUNDS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL ZONE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; RICHIBUCTO ESTUARY;

EID: 84940453126     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1076208     Document Type: Article

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