4.3 Flood-depth maps
176
4.4 Flood-risk impact analysis and adaptation
176
5. Conclusions
179
6. Acknowledgements
179
7. References
180
Chapter 8
PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO COASTAL ECOSYSTEM CHANGE AND
VARIABILITY
JENNIFER GEBELEIN
1. Introduction
183
1.1 Ecosystem change
183
2. Historical Satellite Imagery and Related Data Products
184
2.1 Global land cover facility (GLCF) – a case study
184
2.2 Products generated using GLCF data and disseminated
on the GLCF Website
186
2.2.1 High resolution data products
186
2.2.2 Moderate resolution data products
188
2.2.3 Coarse (global and regional-scale) resolution data products
189
2.2.4 Other available historical image datasets
189
3. Sample Historical GIS Data and Related Data Products
190
3.1 Data and Data Derived Products Disseminated on the WRI Website
190
4. Data Integration Issues
192
5. Conclusions
194
6. Acknowledgements
195
7 . R e f e r e n c e s
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Section III – Management Applications
Chapter 9
OBSERVING COASTAL WATERS WITH SPACEBORNE SENSORS
BRIAN G. WHITEHOUSE AND DANIEL HUTT
1. Introduction
201
2. Platforms vis-à-vis Sensors
201
3. Elements of Time
202
3.1 Satellite/sensor revisit time
202
3.2 Data reception and processing time
205
3.3 Data ordering time
205
4. Sensors and Their Applications
205
4.1 Multispectral sensors
206
4.2 Thermal IR sensors
209
4.3 Altimeters and synthetic aperture radars
210
4.4 Passive microwave sensors and scatterometers
212
5. Financial Issues
213
6. Summary
213
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