Remote Sensing Support for Tidal Wetland Vegetation Research and Management

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-363

  Kelly, Maggi ^a   Tuxen, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerial Photography; Salt Marsh; Satellite Imagery; Tidal Marsh; Wetland Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS;

REMOTE-SENSING; SALT MARSHES; TIDAL MARSHES; TIDAL WETLANDS; WETLAND VEGETATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85108405085     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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