Barrier Island Dynamics Using Mass Center Analysis: A New Way to Detect and Track Large-Scale Change

A geographic information system (GIS) was used to introduce and test a new method for quantitatively characterizing topographic change. Borrowing from classic Newtonian mechanics, the concept of a body’s center of mass is applied to the geomorphic landscape, and the barrier island environment in par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul Paris, Helena Mitasova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-01-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/3/1/49