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Summary
Summary
As coastal environments around the world face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, advancements in the technologies that support geospatial data acquisition, imaging, and computing have profoundly enhanced monitoring capabilities in coastal studies. Providing systematic treatment of the key developments, Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments brings together renowned scholars tonbsp;supply a clear presentation of the state-of-the-art in this technically complex arena.
Edited by a recipient of the prestigious PECASE award, this booknbsp;provides unrivaled coverage of the issues unique to coastal environments. It presents the best available data for measuring and monitoring coastal zones and explains how decision makers and resource managers can use this data to address contemporary issues in coastal zone management. The text illustrates the latest developments in active remote sensing, hyperspectral remote sensing, high spatial resolution remote sensing, the integration of remote sensing and in situ data, and covers the effects of land-cover and land-use change on coastal environments.
Complete with representative case studies, this authoritative resource provides a timely snapshot of the wide range of remote sensing applications in coastal issues to enhance the understanding of how increasing disturbances to our coastal regions are affecting the ecological dynamics, biological diversity, and ecosystem health of our coastal environments.nbsp;
Table of Contents
Series Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Editor | p. xiii |
Contributors | p. xv |
Chapter 1 Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments: An Overview | p. 1 |
Section I LiDAR/Radar Remote Sensing | |
Chapter 2 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) Study of Coastal Wetlands over Southeastern Louisiana | p. 25 |
Chapter 3 Mangrove Canopy 3D Structure and Ecosystem Productivity Using Active Remote Sensing | p. 61 |
Chapter 4 Integration of LiDAR and Historical Maps to Measure Coastal Change on a Variety of Time and Spatial Scales | p. 79 |
Chapter 5 Coastal 3D Change Pattern Analysis Using LiDAR Series Data | p. 103 |
Section II Hyperspectral Remote Sensing | |
Chapter 6 Mapping the Onset and Progression of Marsh Dieback | p. 123 |
Chapter 7 Estimating Chlorophyll Conditions in Southern New England Coastal Waters from Hyperspectral Aircraft Remote Sensing | p. 151 |
Chapter 8 Mapping Salt Mash Vegetation by Integrating Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing | p. 173 |
Section III High Spatial-Resolution Remote Sensing | |
Chapter 9 Mapping Salt Marshes in Jamaica Bay and Terrestrial Vegetation in Fire Island National Seashore Using QuickBird Satellite Data | p. 191 |
Chapter 10 Object-Based Data Integration and Classification for High-Resolution Coastal Mapping | p. 209 |
Chapter 11 True-Color Digital Orthophotography Data for Mapping Coastal Impervious Surface Areas | p. 235 |
Chapter 12 Formosat-2 Images in Mapping of South Asia Tsunami Disaster | p. 245 |
Section IV Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements for Habitat Mapping | |
Chapter 13 Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements for Delineation and Assessment of Coastal Marshes and their Constituent Species | p. 261 |
Chapter 14 Quantifying Biophysical Conditions of Herbaceous Wetland Vegetation in Poyang Lake of Coastal China via Multitemporal SAR Imagery and in Situ Measurements | p. 281 |
Chapter 15 EO-1 Advanced Land Imager Data in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping | p. 297 |
Chapter 16 Remote Sensing Applications Used to Inventory and Monitor Natural Resources in North Atlantic Coastal National Parks | p. 313 |
Section V Effects of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Coastal Areas | |
Chapter 17 Coastal Area Land-Cover Change Analysis for Connecticut | p. 333 |
Chapter 18 Effects of Increasing Urban Impervious Surface on Hydrology of Coastal Rhode Island Watersheds | p. 355 |
Chapter 19 Contemporary Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Coastal Pearl River Delta and Its Impact on Regional Climate | p. 369 |
Chapter 20 Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Coastal East Africa | p. 395 |
Index | p. 413 |