A review of remote sensing approaches for monitoring blue carbon ecosystems: Mangroves, sea grasses and salt marshes during 2010–2018

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2019, Pages

  Dat Pham, Tien ^a   Xia, Junshi ^a   Thang Ha, Nam ^b,c   Tien Bui, Dieu ^d   Nhu Le, Nga ^e   Tekeuchi, Wataru ^f  

^a Disaster Resilience Science Team   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Viet Nam)

^f INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Coastal ecosystems; Mangroves; Remote sensing; Salt marshes; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOMAPPING; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; MANGROVES; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; SALT MARSHES; SEAGRASSES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85065288031     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s19081933     Document Type: Review

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