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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-01-01
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Series: | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/3/1/49 |