Table 3 Image characteristics of coastline types
From: Coastline carrying capacity monitoring and assessment based on GF-1 satellite remote sensing images
No. | Coastline type | Spectral feature | Shape and texture feature | Image sample |
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1 | Rocky coastline | The water is dark gray and the land is green with vegetation | The coastline is tortuous with capes and harbor |
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2 | Sandy coastline | The beach is bright gray between water and land. | The coastline is straight with beach in tidal zone |
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3 | Silt coastline | The mudflats is dark gray or dark purple | The coastline is natural distribution with height of flats. |
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4 | Estuary coastline | The estuary water is dark gray and the land is green with vegetation. | The coastline is boundary of river and marine. |
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5 | Port coastline | The water is dark blue or blue and land is gray. | The coastline is regular dike and harbor. |
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6 | Industry and town coastline | The land surface is gray and the water is dark gray. | The coastline is regular and straight. |
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7 | Dam coastline | The dam is bright gray in natural landscape | The dams coastline is regularly running in natural coast zone |
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8 | Pond coastline | The water in ponds is dark gray and outside is relatively bright. | The coastline connecting many ponds of aquaculture of salt. |
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