Utilization of satellite data for inventorying prairie ponds and lakes
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Abstract
By using data acquired by LANDSAT-1 (formerly ERTS- 1), studies were conducted in extracting information necessary for formulating management decisions relating to migratory waterfowl. Management decisions are based in part on an assessment ofhabitat characteristics, specifically numbers, distribution, and quality of ponds and lakes in the prime breeding range. This paper reports on a study concerned with mapping open surface water features in the glaciated prairies. Emphasis was placed on the recognition of these features based upon water's uniquely low radiance in a single nearinfrared waveband. The results of this recognition were thematic maps and statistics relating to open surface water. In a related effort, the added information content of multiple spectral wavebands was used for discriminating surface water at a level of detail finer than the virtual resolution of the data. The basic theory of this technique and some preliminary results are described.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Utilization of satellite data for inventorying prairie ponds and lakes |
| Series title | Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 42 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ASPRS |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 685 |
| Last page | 694 |
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