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Improving streamflow estimates through the use of landsat. [wisconsin and pecatonica-sugar river basins
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Scarpace, F. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Estimates of low flow and flood frequency in several southwestern Wisconsin basins were improved by determining land cover from LANDSAT imagery. With the use of estimates of land cover in multiple-regression techniques, the standard error of estimate (SE) for the least annual 7-day low flow for 2- and 10-year recurrence intervals of ungaged sites were lowered by 9% each. The SE of flood frequency in the 'Driftless Area' of Wisconsin for 10-, 50-, and 100-year recurrence intervals were lowered by 14%. Four of nine basin characteristics determined from satellite imagery were significant variables in the multiple-regression techniques, whereas only 1 of the 12 characteristics determined from topographic maps was significant. The percentages of land cover categories in each basin were determined by merging basin boundaries, digitized from quadrangles, with a classified LANDSAT scene. Both the basin boundary X-Y polygon coordinates and the satellite coordinates were converted to latitude-longitude for merging compatibility. |
| File Size | 828417 |
| Page Count | 17 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810015009 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t50g8gq1q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Image Processing Earth Resources Program Drainage Patterns Multispectral Photography Regression Analysis River Basins Geodetic Coordinates Plotting Land Use Data Bases Digital Data Computer Programs Wetlands Hydrogeology Flood Predictions Surface Water Farmlands Spectral Reconnaissance Streams Wisconsin Satellite-borne Photography 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 |