Remote sensing tropical coral reefs: The view from above

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2018, Pages 149-168

  Purkis, Sam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

carbonate reefs; climate change; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORBITS; REEFS; TROPICS;

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE REEF; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE ORGANISMS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE MAPPING; TROPICAL CORALS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ANATOMY; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHOZOA;

CARBONIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; FOSSIL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBONATES; CORAL REEFS; FOSSILS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85040231413     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063249     Document Type: Review

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