Series Foreword ................................................ ix
Preface ........................................................ xi
Editor ....................................................... xiii
Contributors ................................................... xv
Chapter 1 Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments: An
Overview ............................................. 1
Yeqiao Wang
SECTION I
LiDAR/Radar Remote Sensing
Chapter 2 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
(InSAR) Study of Coastal Wetlands over
Southeastern Louisiana .............................. 25
Zhong Lu and Oh-Ig Kwoun
Chapter 3 Mangrove Canopy 3D Structure and Ecosystem
Productivity Using Active Remote Sensing ............ 61
Marc Simard, Lola E. Fatoyinbo, and Naiara Pinto
Chapter 4 Integration of LiDAR and Historical Maps to
Measure Coastal Change on a Variety of Time and
Spatial Scales ...................................... 79
Cheryl J. Hapke
Chapter 5 Coastal 3D Change Pattern Analysis Using LiDAR
Series Data ........................................ 103
Guoqing Zhou
SECTION II
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Chapter 6 Mapping the Onset and Progression of Marsh
Dieback ............................................ 123
Elijah Ramsey III and Amina Rangoonwala
Chapter 7 Estimating Chlorophyll Conditions in Southern New
England Coastal Waters from Hyperspectral
Aircraft Remote Sensing ............................ 151
Darryl J. Keith
Chapter 8 Mapping Salt Mash Vegetation by Integrating
Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing ............. 173
Jiansheng Yang and 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 ............ 191
Yeqiao Wang, Mark Christiano, and Michael Traber
Chapter 10 Object-Based Data Integration and Classification
for High-Resolution Coastal Mapping ................ 209
Jie Shan and Ejaz Hussain
Chapter 11 True-Color Digital Orthophotography Data for
Mapping Coastal Impervious Surface Areas ........... 235
Yuyu Zhou and Yeqiao Wang
Chapter 12 FORMOSAT-2 Images in Mapping of South Asia
Tsunami Disaster ................................... 245
Ming-Der Yang, Tung-Ching Su, and 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 ...................... 261
Martha S. Gilmore, Daniel L. Civco, Emily H.
Wilson, Nels Barrett, Sandy Prisloe, James D.
Hurd, and 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 ....................................... 281
Limin Yang, Huiyong Sang, Hui Lin, and Jinsong
Chen
Chapter 15 EO-1 Advanced Land Imager Data in Submerged
Aquatic Vegetation Mapping ......................... 297
Eric R. Akins, Yeqiao Wang, and Yuyu Zhou
Chapter 16 Remote Sensing Applications Used to Inventory and
Monitor Natural Resources in North Atlantic
Coastal National Parks ............................. 313
Sara Stevens and Courtney Schupp
SECTION V
Effects of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Coastal Areas
Chapter 17 Coastal Area Land-Cover Change Analysis for
Connecticut ........................................ 333
James D. Hurd, Daniel L. Civco, Emily H. Wilson,
and Chester L. Arnold
Chapter 18 Effects of Increasing Urban Impervious Surface
on Hydrology of Coastal Rhode Island Watersheds .... 355
Yuyu Zhou, Yeqiao Wang, Arthur J. Gold, and Peter
V. August
Chapter 19 Contemporary Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in
Coastal Pearl River Delta and Its Impact on
Regional Climate ................................... 369
Limin Yang, Wenshi Lin, Lu Zhang, Hui Lin, and
Dongsheng Du
Chapter 20 Geospatial Information for Sustainable
Development: A Case Study in Coastal East Africa ... 395
Yeqiao Wang, James Tobey, Amani Ngusaru, Vedast
Makota, Gregory Bonynge, and Jarunee Nugranad
Index ......................................................... 413
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