Evaluation of MODIS Spectral Indices for Monitoring Hydrological Dynamics of a Small, Seasonally-Flooded Wetland in Southern Spain

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 851-864

  Li, Linlin ^a   Vrieling, Anton ^a   Skidmore, Andrew ^a   Wang, Tiejun ^a   Muñoz, Antonio Román ^b   Turak, Eren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Mediterranean; Remote sensing; Time series; Wetland inundation

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSAT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EID: 84941424255     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0676-9     Document Type: Article

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