Barrier island dynamics using mass center analysis: A new way to detect and track large-scale change

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Paris, Paul ^a   Mitasova, Helena ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Center of mass; Geographic information systems (GISs); Geomorphology; GRASS; QGIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948740266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3010049     Document Type: Article

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