Linking life and landscape with remote sensing

David T. Milodowski; Steven Hancock; Sonia Silvestri; Simon M. Mudd

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-64177-9.00005-9

Linking life and landscape with remote sensing

David T. Milodowski, Steven Hancock, Sonia Silvestri, Simon M. Mudd

School of Geosciences

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The surface of our planet is unique among known planetary bodies in that it supports life. From plants to microbes, this life can modulate the creation, transport, and deposition of sediment and therefore affect the evolution of the landscapes it inhabits. In this chapter, we explore remote sensing techniques that can quantify features of living organisms, which may link to geomorphic processes. Our focus is on vegetation. We review some of the many mechanisms through which geomorphology and vegetation are linked, and their incorporation into geomorphic models, and explore how lidar, radar, optical, multispectral remote sensing, and even airborne geophysical methods can be used to quantify relevant properties such as biomass, vegetation density, and organic carbon.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Remote Sensing of Geomorphology
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Pages	129-182
Volume	23
ISBN (Print)	978-0-444-64177-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64177-9.00005-9
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2020

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Name	Developments in Earth Surface Processes
Volume	23
ISSN (Print)	09282025

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Reproducible topographic analysis
Grieve, S. W. D., Clubb, F. J. & Mudd, S. M., 16 Apr 2020, Remote Sensing of Geomorphology. Elsevier B.V., p. 339-367 (Developments in Earth Surface Processes ; vol. 23).
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Remote Sensing of Geomorphology
Tarolli, P. & Mudd, S., 4 May 2020, Elsevier B.V. (Developments in Earth Surface Processes ; vol. 23)
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Topographic data from satellites
Mudd, S. M., 16 Apr 2020, Remote Sensing of Geomorphology. Elsevier B.V., Vol. 23. p. 91-128 (Developments in Earth Surface Processes ; vol. 23).
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Remote Sensing of Geomorphology

Topographic data from satellites

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