Mapping changing distributions of dominant species in oil-contaminated salt marshes of Louisiana using imaging spectroscopy

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 192-207

  Beland, Michael ^a,b   Roberts, Dar A ^b   Peterson, Seth H ^b   Biggs, Trent W ^a   Kokaly, Raymond F ^c   Piazza, Sarai ^d   Roth, Keely L ^e   Khanna, Shruti ^e   Ustin, Susan L ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AVIRIS; Canonical discriminant analysis; Deepwater Horizon; Dominant species mapping; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Image classification; Oil spills; Salt marsh vegetation

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MAPPING; OIL SPILLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SHORE PROTECTION; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

AVIRIS; CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; DOMINANT SPECIES; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; SALT MARSHES;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

AVIRIS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINATED LAND; DEEP WATER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GRASS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; OIL SPILL; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84974588460     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.04.024     Document Type: Article

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