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A new vegetation map of the western seward peninsula, alaska, based on erts-1 imagery
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Anderson, J. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. A reconstituted, simulated color-infrared ERTS-1 image covering the western Seward Peninsula was prepared and it is used for identifying and mapping vegetation types by direct visual examination. The image, NASA ERTS E-1009-22095, was obtained approximately at 1110 hours, 165 degrees WMT on August 1, 1972. Seven major colors are identified. Four of these are matched with units on existing vegetation maps: bright red - shrub thicket; light gray-red - upland tundra; medium gray-red - coastal coastal wet tundra; gray - alpine barrens. The three colors having no map equivalents are tentatively interpreted as follows: pink - grassland tundra; dark gray-red - burn scars; light orange-red - senescent vegetation. A vegetation map, drawn by tracing on an acetate overlay of the image is presented. Significantly more information is depicted than on existing maps with regards to vegetation types and their areal distribution. Furthermore the preparation of the new map from ERTS-1 imagery required little time relative to conventional methods and extent of areal coverage. |
| File Size | 1519851 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730009610 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1vf1m07h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-02-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Resources Management Earth Resources Program Vegetation Alaska Regional Planning Mapping Imagery Management Planning Land Use Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |