Final Report: Land Use/Land Cover Interpretation and Analysis for Three National Monuments
Narumalani S, Mishra D, Rothwell R. 2004. Final Report: Land Use/Land Cover Interpretation and Analysis for Three National Monuments
This project integrates remote sensing and landscape metrics to quantify land use/land cover change at three National Park Service units. These include (a) Effigy Mounds National Monument (EFMO), Iowa; (b) Pipestone National Monument (PIPE), Minnesota; and (c) Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Missouri. Aerial photography spanning a period of six decades, IKONOS pan-sharpened (1x1 m) data, and input from the Park Service were used to develop land cover classification maps for the 1940's, 1960's, and 1990's. A post-classification algorithm was applied to derive land cover changes, and landscape metrics were used to analyze specific habitat classes.