Coral reef atoll assessment in the South China Sea using Planet Dove satellites

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 57-65

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Mascaro, Joseph ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b and Interoperability Operations   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Pulau Layang Layang; remote sensing; satellite imaging sensors; South China Sea; Spratly Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021351036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.42     Document Type: Article

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