REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS

By SARAH TAYLOR

CONTENTS CHAPTER REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS: AN OVERVIEW I: LIDAR/RADAR REMOTE SENSING SECTION CHAPTER INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (INSAR) STUDY OF COASTAL WETLANDS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA CHAPTER MANGROVE CANOPY 3D STRUCTURE AND ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY USING ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING CHAPTER INTEGRATION OF LIDAR AND HISTORICAL MAPS TO MEASURE COASTAL CHANGE ON A VARIETY OF TIME AND SPATIAL SCALES CHAPTER COASTAL 3D CHANGE PATTERN ANALYSIS USING LIDAR SERIES DATA II: HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING SECTION CHAPTER MAPPING THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF MARSH DIEBACK CHAPTER ESTIMATING CHLOROPHYLL CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS FROM HYPERSPECTRAL AIRCRAFT REMOTE SENSING CHAPTER MAPPING SALT MASH VEGETATION BY INTEGRATING HYPERSPECTRAL AND LIDAR REMOTE SENSING III: HIGH SPATIAL-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING SECTION CHAPTER MAPPING SALT MARSHES IN JAMAICA BAY AND TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION IN FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE USING QUICKBIRD SATELLITE DATA CHAPTER 0 OBJECT-BASED DATA INTEGRATION AND CLASSIFI CATION FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION COASTAL MAPPING CHAPTER 1 TRUE-COLOR DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHY DATA FOR MAPPING COASTAL IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREAS CHAPTER 2 FORMOSAT-2 IMAGES IN MAPPING OF SOUTH ASIA TSUNAMI DISASTER IV: REMOTE SENSING AND SECTION IN SITU MEASUREMENTS FOR HABITAT MAPPING CHAPTER 3 REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU MEASUREMENTS FOR DELINEATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL MARSHES AND THEIR CONSTITUENT SPECIES CHAPTER 4 QUANTIFYING BIOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF HERBACEOUS WETLAND VEGETATION IN POYANG LAKE OF COASTAL CHINA VIA MULTITEMPORAL SAR IMAGERY AND IN SITU MEASUREMENTS CHAPTER 5 EO-1 ADVANCED LAND IMAGER DATA IN SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION MAPPING CHAPTER 6 REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS USED TO INVENTORY AND MONITOR NATURAL RESOURCES IN NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL NATIONAL PARKS V: EFFECTS OF LAND-USE/LAND-COVER SECTION CHANGE IN COASTAL AREAS CHAPTER 7 COASTAL AREA LAND-COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS FOR CONNECTICUT CHAPTER 8 EFFECTS OF INCREASING URBAN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ON HYDROLOGY OF COASTAL RHODE ISLAND WATERSHEDS CHAPTER 9 CONTEMPORARY LAND-USE/LAND-COVER CHANGE IN COASTAL PEARL RIVER DELTA AND ITS IMPACT ON REGIONAL CLIMATE CHAPTER 0 GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY IN COASTAL EAST AFRICA