Remote sensing of coastal environments

Series Foreword

Preface

Editor

Contributors

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

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

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

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

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

Section II. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

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

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

Chapter 8. Mapping Salt Mash Vegetation by Integrating Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing / Jiansheng Yang / Francisco J. Artigas

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

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

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

Chapter 12. Formosat-2 Images in Mapping of South Asia Tsunami Disaster / Ming-Der Yang / Tung-Ching Su / An-Ming Wu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Index