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Development of LANDSAT Derived Forest Cover Information for Integration into Adirondack Park GISBased upon observed changes in timber harvest practices partially attributable to forest biomass removable for energy supply purposes, the Adirondack Park Agency began in 1979 a multi-year project to implement a digital geographic information system (GIS). An initial developmental task was an inventory of forest cover information and analysis of forest resource change and availability. While developing the GIS, a pilot project was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of LANDSAT derived land cover information for this purpose, and to explore the integration of LANDSAT data into the GIS. The prototype LANDSAT analysis project involved: (1) the use of both recent and historic data to derive land cover information for two dates; and (2) comparison of land cover over time to determine quantitative and geographic changes. The "recent data," 1978 full foliage data over portions of four LANDSAT scenes, was classified, using ground truth derived training samples in various forested and non-forested categories. Forested categories include the following: northern hardwoods, pine, spruce-fir, and pine plantation, while nonforested categories include wet-conifer, pasture, grassland, urban, exposed soil, agriculture, and water.
Document ID
19830017899
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Curran, R. P. (Adirondack Park Agency Ray Brook, NY, United States)
Banta, J. S. (Adirondack Park Agency Ray Brook, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Marshall Univ. Proc. of the Natl. Conf. on Energy Resource Management, Vol. 1
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
83N26170
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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