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Flooding in Landsat across tidal systems (FLATS): An index for intermittent tidal filtering and frequency detection in salt marsh environments
- Award ID(s):
- 1832178
- PAR ID:
- 10390757
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Ecological Indicators
- Volume:
- 141
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 1470-160X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 109045
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109045
