REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS IN COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Abstract

New applications for remote sensing in the coastal zones are demonstrated. Many complex and critical information needs today can be met, or supplemented, in a timely and cost-effective manner from data acquired by aircraft and satellites and suitably processed and formatted to meet a variety of monitoring and management functions. Use of remotely sensed data in the classification of particular species of vegetation for monitoring of erosion, deterioration, salinity, and marine resource productivity, is considered.