Coastal and environmental remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles: An overview

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1260-1267

  Klemas, Victor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

blimp remote sensing; coastal remote sensing; Drone remote sensing; quadcopter remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DESIGN; LIDAR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84940913617     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00005.1     Document Type: Article

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