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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Remote sensing--Analysis"”.
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Fourier Series Applications in Multitemporal Remote Sensing Analysis using Landsat Data
… localized, forcing any detailed multitemporal analysis based on Landsat data to compensate. Harmonic regression approximates Landsat data for any point in time with minimal training images and reduced storage requirements. In two study areas in North Carolina, USA, harmonic regression …
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Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Veracruz, Mexico: A Remote Sensing Analysis
… and how this variation may affect the utility of remote-sensing technology in tracking deforestation. The study area experienced considerable forest change between 1979 and 2002. It appears that land-use change in the region is being driven by socioeconomic factors that relate to forest …
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Identifying Erosional Trends of Upper Galveston Bay Salt Marshes from 2004-2018 High Resolution Imagery: A GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis
Remote sensing has been a part of contemporary wetland conservation practices for many years. Data generated by aerial and satellite imagery has proven invaluable to assessing the health of wetland environments. Utilizing imagery of a certain location over the course of many years can produce a …
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Linking Local Knowledge and Satellite-Derived Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Information In Krabi Province, Thailand
… by considering the viewpoint of villagers. A remote sensing analysis of Landsat satellite images from 1989, 2001 and 2007 showed the results of a moderate, but sustained shrimp farming industry that only partially exploited mangrove forests. The three villages experienced a range of changes in …
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Meandering rivers morphodynamics - integrating nonlinear modeling and remote sensing
… mechanisms. In recent years the new branch of remote sensing applied to river morphodynamics has been constantly developing simultaneously to the rapid increase of computational and satellite resources. The remote sensing analysis is nowadays employed in a wide range fields in geophysics; for …
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Scampering in the City: Examining the Ecological and Social Viability of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in Denver, Colorado
… of prairie dog colonies in Denver, Colorado. Remote sensing analysis was applied to identify potentially viable areas for urban prairie dog colonies. In order to assess the social viability of urban colonies, knowledge and attitudinal surveys were distributed to residents near existing …
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Mapping Belizean bonefish, permit, and tarpon fisheries and their threats
… this research uses high resolution satellite remote sensing (3m) to examine seagrass changes in a portion of the South Water Caye Marine Reserve (SWCMR) from 2001 to 2016. Professional sport fishing guides ranked gillnets as the most threatening activity to Belizean BPT stocks, and most guides …
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EVALUATING RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN NEIGHBORING PROTECTED AREAS OF RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA
… a living. This study uses satellite imagery, remote sensing analysis, and field data to assess rangeland conditions in these two protected areas over the past twenty years. The study concludes that rangeland conditions are deteriorating in both areas. Yet more research is needed in order to …
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EVALUATING RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN NEIGHBORING PROTECTED AREAS OF RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA
… a living. This study uses satellite imagery, remote sensing analysis, and field data to assess rangeland conditions in these two protected areas over the past twenty years. The study concludes that rangeland conditions are deteriorating in both areas. Yet more research is needed in order to …
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Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Change as related to terrain factors at two Glacier Forefronts, Glacier National Park, Montana
… in Glacier National Park, Montana, through remote sensing analysis, fieldwork validation, and statistical modelling. The research objectives were to: 1) quantify the spatial and temporal patterns of landcover change of five classes"ice, rock, tree, shrub, and herbaceous at the two glacier …
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A Data Fusion Framework for Floodplain Analysis using GIS and Remotely Sensed Data
… research was conducted to determine how remotely sensed data can effectively be used to produce accurate flood plain maps (FPMs), and to identify/quantify the sources of error associated with such data. Differences were analyzed between flood maps produced by an automated remote sensing …
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From subprime loans to unwanted greenspace: An urban political ecology of economic crisis in Cleveland, Ohio
… intervention enacts this engagement by combining remote sensing analysis with a qualitative case study informed by urban political ecology. I demonstrate that race and property, not population, ‘drives’ post-crisis revegetation, particularly where high foreclosure rates fall in and near the …
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An Analysis of Certain Remote Sensing Techniques for Counting Large Numbers of Geese
… 4010 density analyzer (Iowa Geological Survey Remote Sensing Lab.) did not have the accuracy desired. When the photo negatives were changed to positives and enlarged, the accuracy improved to acceptable limits. Conclusions. The techniques developed included: using a blue pass filter (Kodak 47 …
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The use of geospatial tools to support, monitor and evaluate post-disaster recovery
… research is to test the feasibility of using remote sensing-based information products and services to support the planning, monitoring and evaluation of recovery after disaster. The thesis begins by outlining the process of post-disaster recovery, what it entails and who is involved. The data …
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Airport surrounding area development in China
… methods to evaluate the ASAD situation: remote sensing analysis and computational text analysis. The author chose Xi’an ASAD as a case study. Tax data of Xi’an Airport New City revealed differentiated level of success for various industries around Xi’an airport. Fieldwork on industrial …
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Trends in Forest Recovery After Stand-Replacing Disturbance: A Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Productivity in Southeastern Pine Forests
… through time has not yet been conducted. Remote sensing analysis via cloud-computing platforms allows for evaluating southeastern forest recovery at spatiotemporal scales not attainable with traditional methods. Forest productivity is assessed in this study using spectral metrics of …
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Automatic road network extraction from high resolution satellite imagery using spectral classification methods
Road networks play an important role in a number of geospatial applications, such as cartographic, infrastructure planning and traffic routing software. Automatic and semi-automatic road network extraction techniques have significantly increased the extraction rate of road networks. Automated …
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Fluvial and climatic controls on tropical agriculture and adaptation strategies in data-scarce contexts
… local historical weather stations and global reanalysis data series – ERA5), to better account for the sub-daily time scale (local conventional sources only provide daily data), correlating weather changes perceived by farmers (more thunderstorms and longer drought periods) with climate …