Interactions between river stage and wetland vegetation detected with a Seasonality Index derived from LANDSAT images in the Apalachicola delta, Florida

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-23

  la Cecilia, Daniele ^a,b   Toffolon, Marco ^b   Woodcock, Curtis E ^a   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Floodplain; Freshwater wetland; Landsat; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DROUGHT; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; FLOOD PLAINS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; VEGETATION COVER;

RIVERS;

DROUGHT; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SWAMP; VEGETATION COVER;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

NYSSA AQUATICA; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84955065803     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.12.019     Document Type: Article

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