Mapping Mediterranean seagrasses with Sentinel-2 imagery

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 134, Issue , 2018, Pages 197-209

  Traganos, Dimosthenis ^a   Reinartz, Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cymodocea nodosa; Mediterranean seagrasses; Posidonia oceanica; Sentinel 2; Thermaikos Gulf; Water column correction

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; SENTINEL-2; THERMAIKOS GULF; WATER COLUMN CORRECTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SENTINEL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; GREECE; HABITAT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; ALISMATALES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ALISMATALES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 85021415940     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.075     Document Type: Article

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