Applications of multispectral remote sensing techniques to hydrobiological investigations in Everglades National Park
Higer AL, Thomson NS, Thomson FJ, Kolipinski MC. 1970. Applications of multispectral remote sensing techniques to hydrobiological investigations in Everglades National Park. Technical Report 2528-5-T. Michigan University Willow Run Laboratories and United States Geological Survey Joint Report
The authors used multispectral data collection and processing techniques to map tree islands, emergent aquatic grassland vegetation, surface water of two different depths, and exposed limestone in a strip of land 8 miles long and 2,000 feet wide within Everglades National Park in South Florida. This example of mapping with multiband-scanner data represents the first attempt of this technique. The computer recognition maps were printed in different colors and superposed to provide a color-composite recognition map of the area. The authors suggest that periodic data collection and processing in this form could yield quantitative data concerning the direction and extent of plant successional changes. This in turn would provide more accurate information for water management practices in the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Higer, Aaron; Thomson, Norma; Thomson, Frederick; Kolipinski, Milton
- Date of Issue
- 1970-01
- Publisher
- Michigan University Willow Run Laboratories and United States Geological Survey Joint Report
- Units
- EVER , WRD
- Keywords
- Clemson, Grassland, hammocks, Limestone, Mapping, Plant Studies, Trees, Vegetation, Water