Remote Sensing of Landscape-level Coastal Environmental Indicators

摘要

Advances in technology and decrease in cost are making remote sensing (RS) and geographic informa- tion system s(GIS) practical and attractive for use in coastal resource management. They are also allowing researchers and managers to take a broader view of ecological patterns and processes. Landscape-level environmental indicators that can be detected by Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and other remote sensors are available to provide quantita- tive estimates of coastal and estuarine habitat conditions and trends.