10.1016/0967-0653(94)93216-6

The NOAA sponsored CoastWatch Change Analysis Project (C-CAP) will utilize remote sensing technology to monitor changes in coastal wetland habitats and adjacent uplands on a cycle of 1 to 5 years. Two study areas in South Carolina were selected to test various C-CAP change detection protocols using near-anniversary Landsat Thematic Mapper data obtained in 1982 and 1988. Fort Moultrie (dominated by salt and brackish marsh) and Kittredge (40 river miles inland and dominated by bottomland hardwoods and riverine aquatic beds) study areas were used to evaluate a modified C-CAP classification scheme, image classification procedures, change detection algorithm alternatives, and the impact of tidal stage on coastal change detection.