Advances in remotely sensed data and techniques for wetland mapping and monitoring

Remote Sensing of Wetlands: Applications and Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 79-116

  Lang, Megan W ^a   Bourgeau Chavez, Laura L ^b   Tiner, Ralph W ^d   Klemas, Victor V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGERS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

DYNAMIC CONDITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MULTI-TEMPORAL IMAGERIES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SPATIAL INTERACTION; WETLAND FUNCTIONS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 85054212505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18210     Document Type: Chapter

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