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A Multitemporal Analysis Of Georgia's Coastal Vegetation, 1990-2005, Charles, Iii F. Breeden
A Multitemporal Analysis Of Georgia's Coastal Vegetation, 1990-2005, Charles, Iii F. Breeden
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Land and vegetation changes are part of the continuous and dynamic cycle of earth system variation. This research examines vegetation changes in the 21-county eco-region along coastal Georgia. The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data is used in tandem with a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and climatic variables to determine where, and to what extent vegetation and land cover change is occurring. This research is designed around a 16 year time-series from 1990-2005. Findings were that mean NDVI values were either steady or slightly improved, and that PC1 (Healthiness) and PC2 (Time-Change) explained …