using remote sensing to assess the impact of human activities on water quality: Case study of Lake Taihu, China

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-110

  Villa, Paolo ^a   Duan, Hongtao ^b   Loiselle, Steven Arthur ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Aquatic vegetation; Lake Taihu; Land cover; Remote sensing; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028264490     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14212-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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