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A Knowledge-based approach of satellite image classification for urban wetland detection
(2014-07-30)
with the knowledge-based approach. The study area is the metropolitan area of Kansas City, USA. SPOT satellite images of 1992, 2008, and 2010 were classified into four classes -- wetland, farmland, built-up land, and forestland -- using the pixel-based supervised...
Agro-pastoral Landuse Transformation: Implications and Perspectives in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
(2015-08-11)
in the region....
Local climate change impact: societal perceptions of risk vulnerabilities and adaptation
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-11-18)
In terms of the Kansas City metropolitan area, there is a need to look at climate
change and try to limit and modify various practices in order to further understand and
mitigate climate change issues. To comprehend ...
Late Holocene Paleoclimate reconstruction of the northern Gulf of Aqaba using foraminifera as a proxy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-12-21)
A multiproxy analyses of sediment from a 4.3 m core extracted from 25 m water
depth on the shelf of the northern Gulf of Aqaba suggest shifts in depositional environments
over the past 4000 yrs. Foraminifera assemblages, ...
The young Thomas Jefferson's geographic thought, 1743 - 1784
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-13)
Jefferson's early life and his writings until 1784, to provide a survey of his geographic thought. It will look at his work in surveying, cartography, climatology, his influence on military movements during the Revolutionary War, his contribution...
Multi-scale analysis of urban wetland changes using satellite remote sensing techniques
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-10)
. Furthermore, for a short term analysis over a period between 2008 and 2010, the study analyzed seasonal land-cover variation among the autumn, spring, and summer. These multi-temporal land-cover data were analyzed at various spatial scales - the metropolitan...
Effects of Selected Contaminants on the Physical, Chemical, and Geotechnical Properties of Aquifer Solid
(2014)
contaminants on the hydraulic conductivity of sand. Bulk sand samples from the Missouri River Valley aquifer— a major source of groundwater supply in the U.S. Midwest— were collected for this study. Sand samples, representing the aquifer and vadose zone...