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When faced with developing, testing, and delivering a remote sensing system
or product that is "optimal" for a specific coastal environment and monito
ring or modeling problem, an objective and replicable framework to guide th
ese operations is essential. A framework has been developed for coastal env
ironments, combining concepts from remote sensing and landscape ecology to
provide remotely sensed data users with an objective basis for selecting "o
ptimal" data sets and processing techniques. The framework was applied to c
ase studies in: coastal wetlands of southern California; coastal wet-dry tr
opical wetlands in Northern Territory, Australia; and a rapidly urbanizing
coastal catchment in southeast Queensland, Australia. Results established f
or each case study demonstrated that the framework functioned effectively i
n different coastal environments and provided more accurate results than ad
hoc solutions. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 2000.