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Mapping atlantic coastal marshlands, maryland, georgia, using erts-1 imagery
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Carter, V. L. McGinness Jr., J. W. Anderson, R. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | Eastern coastal marshes are the most extensive and productive in the United States. A relatively low cost, moderately accurate method is needed to map these areas for management and protection. Groundbased and low-altitude aircraft methods for mapping are time-consuming and quite expensive. The launch of NASA's Earth Resources Technology Satellite has provided an opportunity to test the feasibility of mapping wetlands using small scale imagery. The test sites selected were in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, and Ossabaw Island, Georgia. Results of the investigation indicate that the following may be ascertained from ERTS imagery, enlarged to 1:250,000: (1) upper wetland boundary; (2) drainage pattern in the wetland; (3) plant communities; (4) ditching activities associated with agriculture; and (5) lagooning for water-side home development. Conclusions are that ERTS will be an excellent tool for many types of coastal wetland mapping. |
| File Size | 607925 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730019539 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2j726w9z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Coastal Ecology Earth Resources Program Photointerpretation Data Processing Marshlands Mapping Landsat 1 Georgia Maryland Satellite-borne Photography Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
