Satellite remote sensing tools were developed to monitor coastal resource change and esponse to sea level rise and other natural (e.g. fire, storm impact, herbivory) and human (e.g., fire, flood control structures, oil spills, mitigation and restoration) impacts. In turn, these tools coudl immediately provide improved coastal regulation and management and eventually produce improved long-term simulations given a variety of "what if" scenarios. Within the package of tools, new methods were developed to detect flooding under grass canopies, generate coastal micro topography within about 14 cm, monitor burn recovery of a Juncus roemerianus marsh. and fush sensors of different spatial and spectral ranges and reoslutions into a higher definition coastal classification system.
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