Remote sensing and geospatial technologies

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography Series Editors: William Cartwright, Georg Gartner, Liqiu Meng, Michael P Peterson Xiaojun Yang (Ed.) Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management 123 Editor Prof Xiaojun Yang Florida State University Dept of Geography Tallahassee FL 32306 USA xyang@fsu.edu ISBN: 978-3-540-88182-7 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-88183-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4 Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography ISSN: 1863-2246 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008935905 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper springer.com Preface Coastal areas, by virtual of their position at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic systems, belong to the most dynamic and fascinating ecosystems on Earth They are among the most productive ecosystems on our home planet, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services Meanwhile, they are also the foci of human settlement, industry, and tourism Because of large population and intense development, global coastal ecosystems are under strain as never before and there is a strong need for environmental monitoring and assessment in order to manage and protect these sensitive areas more effectively This in turn requires reliable information bases and capable analytical techniques Conventional field-based survey and mapping methods are still vital but often logistically constrained Because of cost-effectiveness and technological soundness, remote sensing and geospatial technologies have increasingly been used to develop useful sources of information that support decision making as related to many coastal applications But coastal areas comprise complex, dynamic landscapes, thus challenging the applicability and robustness of these methods and technologies Encouragingly, recent innovations in data, technologies, and theories in the wider arena of remote sensing and geospatial technologies have provided scientists with invaluable opportunities to advance the studies on the coastal environment Within the above context, a book on coastal ecosystems is timely This book focuses on the development of remote sensing and related geospatial technologies for monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the coastal environment The book is divided into three major parts The first part examines several conceptual and technical issues of applying remote sensing and geospatial technologies in the coastal environment The second part showcases some latest development in the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for coastal ecosystem assessment and management with emphasis on coastal waters, submerged aquatic vegetation, benthic habitats, shorelines, coastal wetlands and watersheds The last part details a watershed-wide synthetic approach that links upstream stressors with downstream responses for integrated coastal ecosystem assessment and management v vi Preface This book is the result of an extensive research by interdisciplinary experts, and will appeal to students and professionals dealing with not only remote sensing, geospatial technologies and coastal science but also oceanography, ecology, environmental science, natural resources management, geography and hydrology in the academic, governmental and business sectors The Editor is grateful to all the contributing authors and anonymous reviewers for their time, talents and energies and for keeping to a strict timeline and to staff at Springer-Verlag, especially Agata Oelschlaeger and Christian Witschel, for their encouragement, patience and support Acknowledgements are due to Tingting Zhao and Libin Zhou for manuscript proofreading and to my wife Xiaode Deng and my son Le Yang for their patience and love Lastly, the Editor would like to dedicate this book to the late Professor C P Lo who offered brilliant guidance and boundless encouragement over many years of my professional career Tallahassee, Florida Xiaojun Yang Contents Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technologies and Coastal Ecosystems Xiaojun Yang Part I Conceptual and Technical Issues Sensors and Techniques for Observing Coastal Ecosystems 17 Victor V Klemas Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis for Coastal Ecosystem Research and Management 45 Jialing Wang, Libin Zhou and Xiaojun Yang Fuzzy Approach for Integrated Coastal Zone Management 67 Tao Cheng, Martien Molenaar and Alfred Stein Spatial Data Infrastructures for Coastal Environments 91 Dawn J Wright Part II Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters Airborne Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll in Chesapeake Bay, USA 115 Lawrence W Harding, Jr and W David Miller Bio-Optical Characteristics and Remote Sensing in the Mid Chesapeake Bay Through Integration of Observations and Radiative Transfer Closure 139 Maria Tzortziou, Charles L Gallegos, Patrick J Neale, Ajit Subramaniam, Jay R Herman and Lawrence W Harding, Jr vii viii Contents Part III Mapping Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Benthic Habitats High-Resolution Ocean Color Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs and Associated Benthic Habitats 171 Deepak R Mishra An Integrated Approach to Benthic Habitat Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS: An Example from the Hawaiian Islands 211 Ann E Gibbs and Susan A Cochran 10 Assessment of the Abundance of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Communities in the Chesapeake Bay and its Use in SAV Management 233 Kenneth A Moore, Robert J Orth and David J Wilcox 11 Distribution and Spatial Change of Hudson River Estuary Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Implications for Coastal Management and Natural Resource Protection 259 William C Nieder, Susan Hoskins, Stephen D Smith and Stuart E.G Findlay 12 Mapping Marine Macrophytes along the Atlantic Coast of Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina) by Remote Sensing 279 Sandra E Torrusio Part IV Shoreline Change, Coastal Wetland and Watershed Characterization 13 Shoreline Mapping and Coastal Change Studies Using Remote Sensing Imagery and LIDAR Data 297 Hongxing Liu 14 Remote Sensing of Coastal Mangrove Forest 323 Le Wang and Wayne P Sousa 15 Remote Sensing Support for Tidal Wetland Vegetation Research and Management 341 Maggi Kelly and Karin Tuxen 16 Assessment of Coastal-Vegetation Habitats Using Airborne Laser Remote Sensing 365 Amar Nayegandhi and John C Brock 17 Measuring Habitat Changes in Barrier Island Marshes: An Example from Southeastern North Carolina, USA 391 Joanne N Halls 18 Mapping Fire Scars and Marsh Recovery with Remote Sensing Data 415 Elijah Ramsey III, Amina Rangoonwala, Frank Baarnes and Ruth Spell Contents ix 19 Response of Reed Mudflats in the Caspian Coastal Zone to Sea Level Fluctuations 439 Valentina I Kravtsova 20 Integrating Satellite Imagery and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Landscape Pattern Characterization 461 Xiaojun Yang Part V Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Assessment 21 Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis of Watershed and Estuarine Processes for Conservation Planning in Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, California 495 Kristin B Byrd 22 Runoff Water Quality, Landuse and Environmental Impacts on the Bellairs Fringing Reef, Barbados 521 Marko Tosic, Robert B Bonnell, Pierre Dutilleul and Hazel A Oxenford Index 555 Contributors Frank Baarnes Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 1133 E North Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, fbarnes@hwr.arizona.edu Robert B Bonnell Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada, robert.bonnell@mcgill.ca John C Brock U.S Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center, 600 4th Street South, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA, jbrock@usgs.gov Kristin B Byrd California Academy of Sciences, 55 Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA, kbyrd@calacademy.org Tao Cheng Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK, tao.cheng@ucl.ac.uk Susan A Cochran U.S Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA, scochran@usgs.gov Pierre Dutilleul Department of Plant Science, McGill University at Macdonald, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada, pierre.dutilleul@mcgill.ca Stuart E G Findlay Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 65 Sharon Turnpike, P.O Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA, findlays@ecostudies.org Charles L Gallegos Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, P.O Box 28, Edgewater, MD, 21037, USA, gallegosc@si.edu xi 546 M Tosic et al to runoff compared here are only minimum estimates of the total nutrient loads, as only reactive nutrients were measured A trend of northward flow from the outlet for turbidity was confirmed by stations to the north yielding significantly higher values than those to the south at 50 m and 200 m offshore The fact that this trend was not observed at 100m offshore may be explained by the irregular bathymetry of the northern transect The three stations O1, O2, and O3 located 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m along this transect have depths of 4.4, 6.1, and 4.2 m, respectively According to Fick’s Law, the concentration at any location will be inversely proportional to the location’s depth during dispersion of a given flux Thus, the greater depth of station O2 could explain its turbidity levels being lower than that of the further station, O3 The use of an appropriate statistical model, in this case the matrix normal model and the corresponding modified ANOVA F-tests (Dutilleul and Pinel-Alloul 1996), proved to be essential to a sound comprehension of our results Station effects of TSS in the reef area were finally declared non-significant at the 5% level, although had the ANOVA F-test not been modified the effects would have been found to be significant Thus, the use of the matrix normal model avoided the generation of artifact effects, which were in fact due to the spatial autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity of the data The lack of spatial effects in the distribution of plume waters over the reef indicated that if an event’s plume reaches the reef, it will affect the entire reef similarly While this suggests that different zones of the reef will be affected equally by poor surface water quality, the implications may be greater for the reef crest This zone takes the brunt of the wave action and has far poorer coral species diversity than that of the spur and groove zone (Lewis and Oxenford 1996) Wave action may be considered a chronic stress upon coastal ecosystems (Grigg 1998; Tewfik et al 2007) Perhaps the added stresses of eutrophication and sedimentation restricting coral growth in the crest zone are thus inhibiting the coral’s resistance to the zone’s naturally turbulent environment In addition to the potential effects caused by the estimated nutrient loads, eventwater plumes with detrimental levels of turbidity and TSS could be termed a chronic stress to the Bellairs Reef as flow events occur every year and all of the events sampled produced detrimental water quality levels above the reef making this a predictable seasonal disturbance Of the events for which second sets of seawater samples were taken, the two largest events both caused initially high TSS levels that did not recede within 67 hours from the onset of flow It thus appears that large events can cause poor water quality to linger above the reef but further sampling is needed to confirm this and establish the full duration of influence Few flow events occurred this year until late November when more frequent flows from the outlet restricted reformation of the beach separating the lagoon from the sea Residents of Holetown state that this flow regime usually dominates much more of the rainy season, and rainfall in the watershed was below average for the year (unpublished data, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology), suggesting that more than the observed flow events would normally occur In fact, adjacent watersheds to the north and south atypically did not generate runoff at all in 2006, 22 Runoff Water Quality, Landuse and Environmental Impacts 547 minimizing stress incurred by the Bellairs Reef due to additional sources of runoff During the final stages of the study period, when the lagoon flowed continuously and wave heights were highest, sedimentation rates on the reef were far above the recommended guidelines Such heavy surf continues for months into the dry season potentially sustaining high sediment resuspension rates While the complexities of coastal sediment transport exceed the scope of this study, the documented terrestrial sediment loads represent a significant contribution to the nearshore zone and thus the excessive levels of sedimentation observed on the reef Excessive sedimentation commonly decreases coral diversity as few species are resilient to such conditions (Cortes and Risk 1985) Large branching corals can typically survive the stress of sedimentation as their morphology limits the accumulation of sediment on their surfaces (Rogers 1990) However, the proliferation of such corals may impede the resilience of a reef’s coral community as their tolerance to sedimentation is counterbalanced by their susceptibility to large waves (Blanchon and Jones 1997) For example, the southern part of South Bellairs was once densely covered by the branching coral Porites porites (James et al 1977) until the passing of Hurricane Allen in 1981 destroyed 96% of this species (Mah and Stearn 1986) 22.4.3 Recommendations The first flush phenomenon observed in TSS at the watershed’s outlet shows that if any efforts were made to reduce sediment fluxes to the sea, this could efficiently be done by retarding as much of the initial discharge as possible to allow for settling, and protecting the accumulated sediment from erosive action during future events In this regard, it has been suggested to divert the tributary upstream of site NB into the nearby quarry (Cumming Cockburn Ltd 1996) The present study supports that this venture would not only be a viable solution for reducing runoff peak flows but turbidity, TSS, and SRP loads as well Capturing only half of the runoff would capture 80% of the TSS, and the tributary to the north has been shown to be contributing the highest concentrations per unit area of land Given the low proportions of agricultural and urban landuses, it appears that excessive application of fertilizers is occurring A recent survey of farmers in a nearby watershed revealed that none were aware of the fertilizer quantities being applied (Denis and Hughes 2003) Though not an immediate solution, it is likely that agricultural practices will eventually require improvement and control as ongoing farming development and population growth will only expand agricultural landuse Increases in the island’s local and tourist populations will also enhance the potential for wastewater contamination of runoff Remediation of this problem has been addressed and awaits the progress of the West Coast Sewerage Project (Stanley International Group Inc 1998) An additional solution would be to phase out the use, or importation, of soaps and detergents containing phosphates This last solution would be beneficial to conservation of the nearshore marine environment considering the large SRP load shown in this study and that phosphorus has been 548 M Tosic et al suggested to be the nutrient limiting algal growth (Sander and Moore 1979; Wellington 1999) However, it appears that water from the coastal lagoon flushed by runoff events presents a greater dissolved phosphorus load than that delivered by the runoff itself This lagoon has a volume equal to 10% of an average flow event’s total discharge, meaning that regardless of all the upstream nutrient sources, the most efficient means for reducing phosphorus loading would be to control this lagoon’s point-sources These sources are known to have been discharging large quantities of phosphorus for a long time (Brewster 1990; Braithwaite 2004) 22.5 Conclusions Water quality in the watershed is much poorer than it ought to be with such a high proportion of natural land While high-flow events have a much higher potential for transporting solids, similar nutrient concentrations were observed in high- and low-flow events alike The high levels of TSS, turbidity, and SRP in the most developed subbasin support the hypothesis of sources being agricultural, urban, and industrial areas The first-flush phenomenon observed for TSS and turbidity shows that most of the runoff’s sediment content is transported rapidly Sources are most likely those where solids are abundant and unstable such as the various construction sites and the fields of by-product storage at the sugar factory This hypothesis is supported firstly by elevated TSS and turbidity levels drained from the areas with large industries, and secondly by lower levels coming from a subbasin containing no industries, a small urban area, and greater agricultural landcover relative to the rest of the watershed The reported nutrient concentrations are quite high considering what little agricultural land remains Expected reductions in nutrient contamination due to the demise of agriculture in the watershed’s recent history may have been offset by increased fertilizer application in the remaining areas and urban growth Identification of agricultural areas as sources of nutrients is supported by high nutrient concentrations found draining from a subbasin with relatively larger agricultural and smaller urban landcover Pastures, on the other hand, yielded much smaller concentrations of nutrients Runoff into the nearshore zone of Holetown causes plumes in excess of the MPCA guidelines for turbidity (1.5 NTU) and TSS (5 mg/l), and delivers large loads of sediments and nutrients contributing to the chronic effects of eutrophication and sedimentation Including water from the Holetown lagoon, surface water flushed by runoff events appears to be the chief source of SRP to the nearshore area, doubtlessly enhancing coastal eutrophication as phosphorus has been cited in the literature as the limiting nutrient for algae growth (Sander and Moore 1979; Wellington 1999) Plumes around the outlet revealed a trend of northward flow towards the Bellairs Reef This study’s data show that the magnitude of post-discharge changes in the seawater depends on a flow event’s TSS load and total discharge, which were proportional for the three events monitored in the outlet area In the reef area, factors 22 Runoff Water Quality, Landuse and Environmental Impacts 549 controlling seawater quality changes included TSS load and total discharge, as well as the strength and direction of prevailing winds Turbidity levels were above the MPCA guidelines for less than 2–3 days following events but TSS levels showed the potential to remain high for at least three days following the sampled events Sedimentation represents a definite chronic disturbance as accumulation rates on the reef were far above the recommended guidelines for 35 of the 118 days monitored, and were near the threshold on North Bellairs for an additional 26 days The fringing reefs of Barbados are still recovering from the acute disturbances which occurred over 20 years ago as their recovery is impeded by the chronic disturbances of eutrophication and sedimentation resulting from land-based sources (Bell and Tomascik 1993) Remediation of the degrading seawater is critical to the health of the reefs (Bellairs Research Institute 1997) If measures are taken to improve water quality, there is potential for the reef’s subsequent improvement A recent study on the island’s south coast revealed ecosystem recovery following local improvements in seawater quality due to enhanced flushing rates in a coastal lagoon (Risk et al 2007) Acknowledgement We wish to thank Baird & Associates Ltd and the Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit for contributing a wealth of essential data and allowing the use of their past reports The authors also thank the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology for providing equipment and rain data used in this study Additional rain data were generously 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Thesis, McGill University Index A Accuracy assessment, 198, 203, 226, 227, 391, 396, 471, 472 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), 26 Aerial photography, 9, 11, 18–20, 23, 48, 211, 212–213, 215–216, 220, 226, 228, 233, 235, 236, 238, 239–240, 242, 243, 245, 247, 252, 253, 254, 263, 264, 298, 301, 302, 312, 348, 351–352, 353, 356, 391, 393, 394, 395, 396, 399, 403, 500, 501, 502, 513 Agent-based models, 46, 47, 60, 61 Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (ADAR), 502 Air-photo interpretation, 264 AISA Eagle hyperspectral imager, 177 Algae, 10, 34, 105, 181, 185, 186, 196, 198, 199, 200, 205, 206, 207–208, 214, 221, 237, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 548 brown algae, 279 Altimeter, 8, 17, 20, 35, 40, 236, 366, 375 Ameland, 8, 67, 68, 69, 74, 77–78 Ancillary data, 13, 18, 30, 466, 470 Anderson land cover classification, 26–29, 471 ANOVA F-test, 529, 538, 546 Apparent Optical Properties (AOPs), 139, 142, 147, 154, 181–182 Area Weighted Mean Patch Fractal Dimension (AWMSI), 474, 481 ASTER, 10, 27, 279, 283–284, 285, 287, 289 Atmospheric correction, 19, 33, 132, 141, 157, 178–179, 187, 188, 189, 196, 207 AVHRR, 24, 34, 40, 56 AVIRIS, 181, 513 B Backscattering properties, 148–151 Barbados, 2, 12, 521–524, 526, 527, 535, 549 Barrier island marshes, 7, 391–411 Bathymetry, 8, 20, 27, 28, 33, 36, 40, 59, 120, 174, 179–181, 211, 213, 216, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 233, 245, 246, 251, 254, 273, 305, 320, 383, 456, 495, 500, 513–515, 517, 546 Beach erosion, 18, 30, 300, 313 Bellairs Fringing Reef, 521, 523, 528, 535, 546–547, 548 Benthic habitats, 2, 4, 6, 9, 171–208, 211, 213, 215, 220, 222, 228 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF), 38 Bioindicators, 508 Bio-optical algorithms, 9, 141, 142, 146, 156, 171, 182 Bio-optical characteristics, 9, 139–162 Bio-optical models, 139, 142, 147 Buffering, 46, 47, 50–51, 62 Burnt marshes, 11, 415, 421, 429, 431, 433 C Canopy height, 11, 365, 367, 369, 373, 374, 375–377, 380, 382, 386 structure, 11, 366, 373, 380–383, 384, 415, 417, 419, 424, 429, 432, 433 Caribbean sea, 172 Caspian sea, 12, 439–440, 443, 452, 454, 458 555 556 Cellular automata models, 46, 47, 60–61 Change detection, 10, 11, 12, 27, 28, 31, 45, 88, 305, 345, 377, 391, 396–406, 407, 408–409, 410, 495, 500, 502, 506, 513, 517 Channel bathymetry, 513–515 Chesapeake Bay, 5, 7, 9–10, 26, 35, 37, 115–136, 139–162, 233–255 Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Program (CBRSP), 115, 117–118 Chlorophyll concentrations, 18, 32 Chlorophyll-a (or Chl-a), 9, 32, 35, 38, 39, 40, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131–132, 141, 156, 161 Clustering analysis, 46, 47, 56, 57–58, 62 Clustering-Based Neural Network (CBNN), 10–11, 232, 323, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 338 Coastal Assessment Framework (CAF), 464 Coastal change, 10, 297–321, 345, 513 Coastal geomorphology, 47, 365 Coastal hazards, 46 Coastal Louisiana, 417, 426–427, 433–434 Coastal waters, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 34, 36, 39–40, 58, 116–117, 125, 134–135, 141, 147, 150, 151–152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 161, 216, 320, 324, 343, 383, 461, 489, 545 Coastal watershed, 12, 26, 34, 50, 58, 343, 461, 489 Coastal wetland, 2, 4, 6, 18, 29, 48, 352, 417 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), 32, 141, 178 Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), 132, 144, 145–146, 147, 153, 154, 157, 161 Color scanner, 35 Conifer forests, 375 Conservation and restoration planning, 499 Coral reefs, 4, 7, 30–31, 40, 51, 52, 171–207, 211, 212, 215–216, 522 Core Area Coefficient of Variation (CACVI), 474, 481, 488 Crisp object model, 78, 84, 88 Cross-tabulation matrices, 398, 399, 400, 403, 404, 405 Cross-track, 384 D Data dimension reduction, 334 Data models arc marine data model, 46 Index Event-based Spatio-Temporal Data Model (ESTDM), 49 geodatabase data model, 49 object-oriented data model, 48–49 spatio-temporal data models, 49–50 Data portal, 8, 91, 93, 94, 99, 105–107 Deciduous forests, 375, 380 Delaware Bay, 34, 35, 37 Delta Caspian delta, 439, 440, 454 Ural river delta, 12, 441, 442, 454–456, 457 Derivative Chlorophyll Index (DCI), 508–510 Descriptive statistics, 46, 56 Diffuse attenuation coefficient, 33, 172 Digital aerial camera, 18 Digital Elevation Model (DEM), 10, 20, 48, 55, 69, 94, 239, 297, 299, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 316, 366, 513, 514, 526 Digital libraries, 91, 100–101 Digital Orthophotos Quadrant (DOQQ), 239, 243, 304, 316, 318, 319, 466, 488 Digital Terrain Model (DTM), 367, 375, 378–379 Digitizing, 11, 220, 243, 264, 285, 299, 302, 306, 313, 353–354, 372, 386, 391, 396, 410, 470–471, 501 Dissolved organic matter, 140, 142, 161, 194 Dissolved substances, 17 Distance modeling, 46, 50, 52 Diver visibility, 33 Doppler radar systems, 36 Drought-flood cycle, 115 Dune field evolution, 46 3-D visualization, 227 E Earth Observing System (EOS), 26 Earth science enterprise, 26 Ecological niche, 12, 439, 456, 458 Eigenvalues, 185, 203, 205, 477 Electromagnetic spectrum, 5, 21, 351, 366 Elkhorn slough watershed, 495–497, 499, 515, 518 El Ni˜no Southern Oscillation (ENSO), 171 Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands (EHW), 467, 472, 483 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), 282 ENVI, 285 ERDAS imagine, 239, 243 Euclidean distance, 52, 58 Eutrophication, 12, 35 Event-scale perturbations, 115 Index F Farming practice, 12 Feature-based models, 62 Fertilization, 509 Field data collection, 8, 17, 22, 39, 345 Field techniques, 17–18, 376 Fire management, 417, 418 Fire scars, 415–435 Fluorescence, 147–148, 153, 154, 156, 157, 197, 508 Fournier Forand (FF), 149, 150, 154 Fractal dimension index, 406–408 Fragmentation, 18, 29, 398, 461, 478, 479, 489, 500 Fuzziness test, 11, 391 Fuzzy landscape classification, 73–74 Fuzzy logic, 46, 47, 56, 59, 61–62 Fuzzy object model, 77–78, 88 Fuzzy spatial representation, 74–77 G Galeta marine laboratory, 325–326, 332 Gaussian filter, 302 Geary’s index (C), 53 General G-statistics, 53 Geographical entities, 49, 72, 88 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 30, 39, 45–62, 91, 93–94, 97, 99, 103, 106, 211, 212, 215, 219–220, 233, 239, 241, 244, 245, 246, 261, 265, 275, 297, 299, 305, 348, 356, 391, 394, 395–396, 462, 464, 470, 471, 488, 495, 499, 500, 501, 513, 523 Georeferencing, 177, 302, 314, 320, 502 Geospatial technologies, 1–4, 5–13, 348–349, 461–489 Geostationary satellites, 23 Global change, 12, 439 Global Positioning System (GPS), 217, 367 Global Spatial data Infrastructure (GSDI), 92, 93, 109 Gulf of Mexico, 146, 417, 427, 440, 463, 464, 489 557 Hurricane Isabel, 123, 125, 133 Katrina, 37, 440 HyMap, 495, 509–510, 513 Hyperion EO-1, 28 Hyperspectral remote sensing, 331–337 I IKONOS, 10, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 37, 40, 171, 173, 175, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 256, 323, 325, 326, 330, 352, 513 Image classification, 29–30, 38, 40, 73, 75, 185, 206–207, 346, 353–354, 470, 503 Image segmentation, 29, 303, 354–355 Inbocht Bay, 270–271, 274 Inertial Navigation System (INS), 305, 367 Inherent Optical Properties (IOPs), 142, 146, 147, 148, 151, 154, 155, 157 Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), 7, 8, 67–87, 106 Interactive classification, 469–470 Interactive image interpretation, 470–471 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR), 383–384 International marine metadata interoperability initiative, 101–102 Interspersion and Juxtaposition (IJI), 417, 475, 477, 478, 482, 485, 488 Intertidal zone, 10, 279, 323 Invasive species, 18, 29, 61, 212, 343, 379, 382 Inverse distance weighting, 55 ISODATA, 185, 186, 197, 203, 205, 303, 327, 354, 468–469 K Kalmykian Coast, 12, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 452, 456 Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, 9, 211 Kappa statistics, 471 Kriging, 55 H L Habitat changes, 391–411 Hierarchical classification, 468–470 Historical ecology, 500, 501–507 Holetown Lagoon, 12, 523, 527, 545, 548 Hudson river estuary, 10, 259, 260, 261 Land cover, 8, 11–12, 17–18, 19, 25, 26, 29, 30, 38, 39–40, 51–52, 59, 60–61, 70, 303, 313, 319, 324, 329, 330, 344–345, 346, 354, 355, 377, 378–379, 386, 391, 558 394, 396, 398, 403, 404, 405, 409–410, 469, 470, 495, 507, 510, 511, 513 Land cover change, 19, 26, 30, 61, 394, 398 Landscape composition, 55, 462–463, 476, 479, 480, 481, 484, 486, 487, 488–489 configuration, 55, 481 ecology, 12, 355, 461–463, 476, 488 -level indicator, 18 metrics, 12, 46, 47, 52, 55, 58, 62, 406, 461, 462–463, 466, 471–476 mosaics, 461, 489 pattern, 8, 12, 55, 347, 461–463, 471, 473, 482, 483, 488–489 segmentation, 468–469 Land use, 3, 8, 12, 18, 26, 27, 28, 45–46, 47, 51, 57, 88, 96, 244, 245, 343, 348, 354, 394, 461, 462, 463, 466, 468, 469–470, 471, 472, 476, 479, 482, 483, 488, 500–501, 504, 507–512 change, 27, 28, 410, 504 Largest Patch Index (LPI), 474, 477, 478, 481, 485 Laser penetration depth, 33 Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), 20, 365–366, 502 Linear Discriminate Analysis (LDA), 323, 333–334, 335 Linear regression, 57, 60, 130, 146, 161 Local Geary’s Index (C), 53 Local Moran’s Index (I), 53 Logistic regression, 60 Low-density urban, 482–483, 484, 485 M Macrophytes, 4, 10, 260, 272–273, 279–280, 282, 284, 285 Mangroves, 3, 4, 10, 48, 323–326, 330, 332, 337, 347, 379, 382 Manhattan distance, 52 Map overlay, 47, 50, 51–52, 62 Marsh burn recovery, 418, 419–420, 421–423, 424–426, 433–435 Marsh productivity, 18 Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC), 11, 323, 325, 328, 329, 330–331, 338, 354 Mean Patch Size (MPS), 474, 479, 481 MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), 28, 32, 141, 157 Microwave radiometer, 17, 20, 21, 35, 36 Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU), 21, 215, 221, 264, 352, 396 Index Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF), 185–186, 203, 204, 205 Modal Filtering, 470, 476 MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), 26, 117, 141 Modified Simpsons Diversity Index (MSIDI), 475, 477, 478, 481–482 Modified Soil Adjusted/Vegetation Index (MSAVI), 32 Monterey Bay, 101, 102, 146, 495–500, 503, 516 Moran’s index (I), 53 Morphologic operation, 309 Mudflats, 4, 12, 439–458, 496, 515 Multi-date color composite, 441 Multi-layer perceptron (MLP), 59 Multispectral imagers, 30, 32 Multispectral Scanner (MSS), 19, 21, 25, 40, 282, 324, 352, 394 Multivariate regression, 57, 58 N NASA Ocean Data Acquisition System (ODAS), 117, 119–120, 123, 132–133 National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), 499, 508, 513 Nearest-neighbor analysis, 46, 47, 52, 54, 62 Nearshore sedimentation, 521, 523 Neighborhood functions, 46, 50, 51 Neural networks, 34, 38, 46, 47, 56, 58–59, 62, 208, 323, 410 Nitrate-nitrite nitrogen, 521, 526 Nitrogen, 39, 116, 133, 507–508, 509–510, 511, 521, 526, 545 NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP), 29, 345, 513 coastal remote sensing program, 18 coastal services center, 92, 97, 108, 305, 499 Non-Algal Particles (NAP), 142, 144, 151–152, 154, 156–161, 162 Non-point Source Pollution, 463 Non-seasonal Marsh, 11 Normalized Difference vegetation Index (NDVI), 32, 345, 348, 420–421 Number of Patches (NP), 474, 477, 478, 481, 483, 485 O Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA), 354, 355, 356, 357–358 Index Ocean color, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 117, 118, 119, 123, 131–132, 139–143, 147, 156, 157, 161, 171–208 waves, 17 winds, 17 Off nadir pointing, 25 Oil spills, 4, 34, 36 Ontology, 99–100, 101–102, 107 Orbital altitude, 25 Orbview–2, 24 Orbview–3, 25, 27, 352 Oregon coastal atlas, 95–96, 97–99, 100–102, 103–104, 107 Organic suspended particles, 17 Orthophotos, 39, 48, 318–319, 504–505, 510 Orthorectification, 239, 302, 316, 318 Overfertilization, 12, 521 P Particulate Organic Carbon (POC), 158 Pensacola Bay, 463–464, 473, 479, 481, 482, 485, 489 Pensacola Estuarine Drainage Area (PEDA), 461, 463, 464–465, 467, 473, 479, 481, 482, 483, 485, 489 Percent of Landscape (PLAND), 474, 478, 483 Phosphorus, 39, 116, 521, 526, 545, 547–548 Photochemical Reflective Index (PRI), 508–510 Photogrammetry, 2, 383–384 Photo Interpretation, 10, 12, 233, 235, 236, 239–240, 241, 243, 264, 353, 354 Photosynthetic carbon assimilation, 116 Phytoplankton, 5, 9, 33, 115–116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123–124, 125, 128, 129, 142, 143, 145–146, 153, 158–159, 160, 172, 181, 189, 193–194, 197, 240, 282, 522 biomass, 115–116, 117, 120, 122, 123–125, 128, 129, 142, 143 Point source pollution, 522–523, 545, 548 Polarization, 415, 417–418, 422–423, 425, 432–433 Polynomial Regression, 55 Population growth, 343, 391, 392–393 Post-classification comparison, 31, 40, 398 Primary productivity, 5, 9, 115–116, 120–121, 129–131, 143, 153, 259, 260, 273, 342, 343 Principal component analysis, 46, 47, 56, 58, 62, 333, 463, 476–478, 488 Probabilities, 31, 529, 538 559 Profilers, 20 Proximity analysis, 50, 52 Punta Galeta, 325–326 Q Quadrat analysis, 46, 47, 52, 53–54, 62, 503 Quality assurance, 236, 264, 266 QuickBird, 10, 25, 30, 37, 48, 171, 176, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 279, 284, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 325, 352, 356, 357 R Radar, 8, 12, 17, 19, 20, 21, 35, 36, 37, 40, 101, 280, 284, 287, 289, 291, 325, 346, 418, 419, 424, 425, 426, 432–433, 434, 439, 441, 442, 449, 451, 454 Radarsat, 10, 20, 28, 279, 284, 287, 290 Radial basis function, 55 Radiative transfer model, 9, 139, 140, 147, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154–156 Radiometers, 17, 20, 21, 36, 40, 117, 119, 175, 419 Radiometric resolution, 19, 23, 283–284 Rectification, 11, 31, 177, 239, 302, 316, 318, 391, 466, 502 Reeds, 442, 443, 445, 447, 448, 452, 453, 456, 457, 458 Reef sedimentation, 521 Region grouping, 303 Registration, 100, 243, 326 Repeat cycles, 25, 37 Resampling, 285, 326 Riparian buffers, 18 River Blackwater river, 473, 479, 481, 485 Escambia river, 473, 479, 481, 485 Lower York river, 248, 251, 252 Petaluma river, 348, 349 RMS, 189, 191, 243, 285, 326, 379, 391 Roatan Island, 9, 171, 172, 173, 176, 179, 190, 193, 202 Runoff water quality, 521–549 S SAC-C, 10, 279, 282, 283, 285, 286, 288 St Marks National Wildlife Refuge, 418, 420 Salinity, 3, 4, 10, 17, 19, 20, 33, 35, 36, 39, 120, 238, 241, 246, 259, 262, 272, 273, 560 300, 331, 337, 342, 343, 345, 347, 365, 427, 521, 528, 534 Salt marshes, 3, 45, 61, 342, 346, 355, 356, 366, 392, 394, 395, 440, 496, 503, 510 San Francisco Bay, 11, 341, 342, 344, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352, 357, 496 Scatterometers, 8, 17, 20, 35, 36 Seagrasses, 4, 30, 54, 172, 173, 194, 196, 206, 234, 290, 410 Sea-level change, 4, 300, 439, 440, 447, 453 Sea level fluctuation, 12, 439–459 Seasonal marsh, 433–435 Sea surface height, 17, 19, 20, 35 Sea surface roughness, 19, 284 Sea surface temperature, 17, 19, 33, 35, 100, 117 Sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor (SeaWiFS), 24, 27, 32, 33, 112, 117, 131, 132, 141, 142, 156, 157, 160, 178 SeaWiFs Aircraft Simulator (SAS), 117, 119, 120, 133 Sediment plume, 289 Semivariogram, 53 Sensitivity analysis, 135 Sewage treatment, 140 Shoreline erosion, 4, 46, 146, 301, 313, 324 Shoreline mapping, 7, 297–321 Sidelooking Airborne Radar (SLAR), 19, 20 Side-scanning sonar, 20 Small-Footprint, Discrete-Return LIDAR, 369–370, 372, 374, 376, 377, 380, 381, 385 Small-Footprint, Waveform-Resolving LIDAR, 365, 370–374, 376, 377, 386 Soil moisture, 17, 19, 20, 35, 36, 377 Solar illumination angle, 23 Space-Time Composite Model (STCM), 49 Spatial analysis, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 45–62, 95, 96, 396, 495–518 Spatial autocorrelation, 46, 47, 52–53, 546 Spatial data infrastructures, 91–109 Spatial interpolation, 46, 47, 52, 55–56, 301, 306, 307, 312 Spatial modeling, 8, 46, 47, 60–61, 62, 470, 488 Spatial observational units, 463, 473 Spatial pattern analysis, 8, 46, 47, 52–56 Spatial reclassification, 12, 461, 468, 469, 470 Spatial resolution, 9, 23, 25, 26, 33, 34, 36, 48, 117, 120, 123, 132, 133, 140, 141, 171, 172, 177, 206, 207, 282, 283, 284, 291, 305, 311, 314, 315, 316, 324, 325, 326–328, 346, 348, 351, 352, 354, 355, Index 356, 357, 366, 379, 394, 396, 418, 441, 466, 468, 502, 506, 508, 509 Spatio-Temporal Object Model (STOM), 49 Spearman’s rank correlation, 476, 478 Spectral absorption coefficient, 33 Spectral backscattering, 33 Spectral library, 208 Spectral resolution, 23, 48, 150, 177, 181, 206, 207, 324, 325, 341, 345, 346, 351, 352, 366, 502 Spectroradiometer, 26, 117, 141, 508, 509 SPOT, 24, 25, 27, 205, 324, 394 Statistical models, 46, 47, 60 Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), 233–255 Supervised classification, 29, 30, 38, 73, 202, 319, 506 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), 11, 20, 28, 35, 36, 37, 40, 284, 346, 383, 415, 418, 422, 426, 432, 433, 442, 449, 450, 452 T Temporal dimension, 49, 62 Temporal resolution, 6, 8, 17, 21, 22, 36, 39, 117, 132, 134, 135, 282, 345, 352, 358, 373 Terra, 26, 27, 283, 382 Thematic Mapper (TM), 26, 282, 324, 352, 394, 415, 418, 420, 427, 466 Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), 27, 283–284, 285, 287, 289 Thermal infrared scanners, 8, 17, 36 Thiessen polygons, 55 Tidal datums, 298, 300, 301, 311, 513 Tidal wetland, 7, 11, 48, 275, 341, 343, 344–345, 347–348, 349, 351, 354, 495, 496, 497, 499, 502, 507, 513, 515, 516 change, 347–348 Tierra Del Fuego, 279–292 Topographic maps, 39, 266, 298 Topography, 19, 20, 35, 48, 281, 284, 301, 305, 306, 307, 343, 346, 365, 366, 367, 372–373, 374, 375, 377–379, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 456 Topsail Island, 11, 391, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 406, 410 Total Core Area (TCA), 475, 477, 478, 481, 485 Total Suspended Sediments (TSS), 35, 39, 160, 521, 522, 526, 527, 528, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534–535, 536, 537, 538, 539–540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 547 Triangular Irregular Networks (TIN), 48, 216 Index 561 Triangulation, 55, 383–384 Turbidity, 10, 12, 18, 27, 30, 35, 134, 233, 234, 235, 237, 240, 246, 252, 259, 261, 272, 273, 274, 421, 521, 526, 527, 528, 530, 531, 532, 533, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 544, 546, 547 Virginia Water Quality Standards, 248 Vocabulary Integrated Environment (VINE), 102 Volume Scattering Function (VSF), 148, 149, 150, 151 Volunteer monitoring, 261, 265, 266–267, 273 U W Uncertainties, 8, 67, 68, 71, 72, 74, 83, 85, 86, 139, 142, 147, 148, 151, 155, 160 Undersea photography, 174 Unsupervised classification, 30, 202 Upper Texas Gulf Coast, 10, 299, 309, 312, 313–320 V Vegetation indices, 25, 32, 345, 351 metrics, 375 Water quality, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 33, 34, 35, 38, 57, 103, 117, 135, 140, 142, 156, 207, 242, 243, 248, 252, 260, 508, 509, 513, 521–549 turbidity, 18, 30, 233, 235, 252, 535, 536, 541 Waveform-Resolving Large-Footprint LIDAR, 374–375 Whisk-broom, 21 Woody wetlands, 467, 472, 482, 483 ... listed for seagrasses 1 Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technologies and Coastal Ecosystems 1.3 Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies Remote sensing is the science and art of acquiring information... principles and methods of remote sensing and geospatial technologies as applied in the coastal environment; • Examines some latest development in the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies. .. conceptual and technical issues of applying remote sensing and geospatial technologies in the coastal environment The second part showcases some latest development in the use of remote sensing and geospatial