Wetland Dynamics Inferred from Spectral Analyses of Hydro-Meteorological Signals and Landsat Derived Vegetation Indices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Site Description and Coastal Wetlands Classification
2.2. Forcing and Response Signals
2.3. Methodology
2.3.1. Power Spectral Density and Scaling Behavior in the Frequency Domain
2.3.2. Cross-Spectrum and Time-Lag Analysis Between Signals in the Frequency Domain
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cross Power Spectral Density (CPSD) Variables | (Major Peak) % of Amplitude at Annual Frequency | Phase-Lag (Degree) | Time-Lag (Months) | (Minor Peak) % of Amplitude at Other Frequencies |
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Wet 1 vs. temperature | 31.6 | 81.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 [Every 1.2 years] |
Wet 2 vs. temperature | 39.5 | 62.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 [Every 8 years] |
Wet 3 vs. temperature | 22.0 | 24.5 | 0.8 | No minor peak |
Wet 4 vs. temperature | 32.6 | 32.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 [Every 8 years] |
Wet 5 vs. temperature | 37.4 | 56.2 | 1.9 | No minor peak |
Wet 6 vs. temperature | 16.7 | 50.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 [Every 6 years] |
Wet 1 vs. water level | 11.2 | 66.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 [Every 5 years] |
Wet 2 vs. water level | 19.1 | 46.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 [Every 8 years] |
Wet 3 vs. water level | 16.1 | 39.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 [Every 1.6 years] |
Wet 4 vs. water level | 15.7 | 26.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 [Every 5 years] |
Wet 5 vs. water level | 17.5 | 46.6 | 1.6 | No minor peak |
Wet 6 vs. water level | 14.1 | 41.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 [Every 2 years] |
Wet 1 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 4.1 [Annual] |
Wet 2 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 7.6 [Annual] |
Wet 3 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | No minor peak |
Wet 4 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 5.2 [Annual] |
Wet 5 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | No minor peak |
Wet 6 vs. wind | No major peak | N/A | N/A | No minor peak |
Wet 1 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 2.0 [Every 3 years] |
Wet 2 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 5.1, 2.4 [Every 8 and 4 years] |
Wet 3 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 3.4 [Every 6 years] |
Wet 4 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | No minor peak |
Wet 5 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 2.13 [Every 8 years] |
Wet 6 vs. precipitation | No major peak | N/A | N/A | 6.13 [Every 6 years] |
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Tahsin, S.; Medeiros, S.C.; Singh, A. Wetland Dynamics Inferred from Spectral Analyses of Hydro-Meteorological Signals and Landsat Derived Vegetation Indices. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010012
Tahsin S, Medeiros SC, Singh A. Wetland Dynamics Inferred from Spectral Analyses of Hydro-Meteorological Signals and Landsat Derived Vegetation Indices. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(1):12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010012
Chicago/Turabian StyleTahsin, Subrina, Stephen C. Medeiros, and Arvind Singh. 2020. "Wetland Dynamics Inferred from Spectral Analyses of Hydro-Meteorological Signals and Landsat Derived Vegetation Indices" Remote Sensing 12, no. 1: 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010012