Remote sensing of coastal environments / edited by Yeqiao Wang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wang, Yeqiao.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal ecology--Remote sensing.

Coastal ecology.

Coats--Remote sensing.

Coats.

Coastal zone management--Remote sensing.

Coastal zone management.

Environmental monitoring--Remote sensing.

Environmental monitoring.

Remote sensing.

Physical Description:

xviii, 423 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, [2010]

Summary:

As coastal environments around the world continue to face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, recent developments 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 to provide a clear presentation of the state-of-the-art in this technically complex arena.

Edited by a recipient of the prestigious PECASE award, this book 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 the resolution remote sensing, the integration of remote sensing and in situ data, and covers the effects and land cover and land-use change on coastal environments. Complete with representative case studies, this authoritative reference

Details cutting-edge technologies in coastal management and resource mapping

Includes literature reviews of basic concepts and methodologies

Address issues unique to coastal components including shoreline change, morphologic and volume changes, land cover change in coastal zones, and the mapping of coastal habitats of salt marsh, mangrove, wetlands, and seagrass beds

Based on the work of expert scientists, this forward looking 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 coastal environments around the world.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments: An Overview / Yeqiao Wang 1

Section I LiDAR/Radar Remote Sensing

Chapter 2 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) Study of Coastal Wetlands over Southeastern Louisiana / Zhong Lu, Oh-Ig Kwoun 25

Chapter 3 Mangrove Canopy 3D Structure and Ecosystem Productivity Using Active Remote Sensing / Marc Simard, Lola E. Fatoyinbo, Naiara Pinto 61

Chapter 4 Integration of LiDAR and Historical Maps to Measure Coastal Change on a Variety of Time and Spatial Scales / Cheryl J. Hapke 79

Chapter 5 Coastal 3D Change Pattern Analysis Using LiDAR Series Data / Guoqing Zhou 103

Section II Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

Chapter 6 Mapping the Onset and Progression of Marsh Dieback / Elijah Ramsey III, Amina Rangoonwala 123

Chapter 7 Estimating Chlorophyll Conditions in Southern New England Coastal Waters from Hyperspectral Aircraft Remote Sensing / Darryl J. Keith 151

Chapter 8 Mapping Salt Mash Vegetation by Integrating Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing / Jiansheng Yang, Francisco J. Artigas 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 / Yeqiao Wang, Mark Christiano, Michael Traber 191

Chapter 10 Object-Based Data Integration and Classification for High-Resolution Coastal Mapping / Jie Shan, Ejaz Hussain 209

Chapter 11 True-Color Digital Orthophotography Data for Mapping Coastal Impervious Surface Areas / Yuyu Zhou, Yeqiao Wang 235

Chapter 12 Formosat-2 Images in Mapping of South Asia Tsunami Disaster / Ming-Der Yang, Tung-Ching Su, An-Ming Wu 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 / Martha S. Gilmore, Daniel L. Civco, Emily H. Wilson, Nels Barrett, Sandy Prisloe, James D. Hurd, Cary Chadwick 261

Chapter 14 Quantifying Biophysical Conditions of Herbaceous Wetland Vegetation in Poyang Lake of Coastal China via Multitemporal SAR Imagery and in Situ Measurements / Limin Yang, Huiyong Sang, Hui Lin, Jinsong Chen 281

Chapter 15 EO-1 Advanced Land Imager Data in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping / Eric R. Akins, Yeqiao Wang, Yuyu Zhou 297

Chapter 16 Remote Sensing Applications Used to Inventory and Monitor Natural Resources in North Atlantic Coastal National Parks / Sara Stevens, Courtney Schupp 313

Section V Effects of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Coastal Areas

Chapter 17 Coastal Area Land-Cover Change Analysis for Connecticut / James D. Hurd, Daniel L. Civco, Emily H. Wilson, Chester L. Arnold 333

Chapter 18 Effects of Increasing Urban Impervious Surface on Hydrology of Coastal Rhode Island Watersheds / Yuyu Zhou, Yeqiao Wang, Arthur J. Gold, Peter V. August 355

Chapter 19 Contemporary Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Coastal Pearl River Delta and Its Impact on Regional Climate / Limin Yang, Wenshi Lin, Lu Zhang, Hui Lin, Dongsheng Du 369

Chapter 20 Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Coastal East Africa / Yeqiao Wang, James Tobey, Amani Ngusaru, Vedast Makota, Gregory Bonynge, Jarunee Nugranad 395.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781420094411

1420094416

OCLC:

440281008

Publisher Number:

99936117231