Use of Water Indices Derived from Landsat OLI Imagery and GIS to Estimate the Hydrologic Connectivity of Wetlands in the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

<p> This study compared two remote sensing water indices: the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and the Modified NDWI (MNDWI). Both indices were calculated using publically-available data from the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI). The research goal was to determine whether the in...

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Main Author: Blackmore, Debra Sue
Language:EN
Published: Portland State University 2016
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Online Access:http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10191067