Remote sensing inland wetlands: a multispectral approach

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5438837

Jensen, J R; Hodgson, M E; Christensen, E; Mackey, Jr, H E; Tinney, L R; Sharitz, R

Airborne Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data, large-scale aerial photography, and LANDSAT MSS and Thematic Mapper (TM) data were used to map a variety of wetland conditions along the Savannah River watershed in South Carolina. Predawn thermal infrared MSS imagery was analyzed to map the spatial distribution and migration of thermal effluent entering a portion of the Savannah River floodplain and the Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia. Daytime airborne MSS data were used to classify specific wetland vegetation types and associate them with their apparent (remotely sensed) temperature. Large scale, multiple data aerial photography were ideally suited to follow the growth of vegetational changes associated with the thermal discharges into the floodplain. LANDSAT MSS imagery obtained in the spring was used effectively to map the entire Savannah River watershed. LANDSAT TM imagery obtained in the summer was of limited use in regional wetland mapping. 21 refs., 11 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA). Dept. of Geography; Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.; EG and G, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA). Energy Measurements Group; Savannah River Ecology Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5438837
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-85-68; ON: DE85017060
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

520400* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Thermal Effluents Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
CANOPIES
CLASSIFICATION
ECOSYSTEMS
LANDSAT SATELLITES
MAPPING
MULTISPECTRAL PHOTOGRAPHY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
PLANTS
REMOTE SENSING
RIVERS
SATELLITES
SAVANNAH RIVER
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
THERMAL EFFLUENTS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WETLANDS