The application of landsat imagery to land cover mapping in the Greater Darwin Region
Details:
Title
The application of landsat imagery to land cover mapping in the Greater Darwin Region,
Other title
C. J. Hempel,
Vegetation survey of the Greater Darwin Region,
Creator
Hempel, C.J.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Technical Report No 74,
Date
2003-10-21,
Description
This report describes the spatial dataset compilation of the major vegetation communities throughout both the Litchfield and Coomalie shires and extending into Cox Peninsula. The land cover mapping was derived from a Landsat 7 satellite image acquired on April 10, 2001. This early dry season image was chosen to show wetlands at their maximum extent and avoid recent fire-scars. The land cover mapping was also compared with a forest cover surface, existing vegetation and land unit maps of the same area and maps of the distribution of wetlands and rainforests. These comparisons provide further support as to the utility of a satellite derived land cover map that primarily reflects vegetation communities for a region in the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia.,
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