Preliminary results of remote sensing based vegetation mapping of Lake Engures (Engure), Latvia

The paper describes the testing of the applicability of a classification based on Landsat satellite imagery for wetland vegetation mapping in Latvian conditions with high vegetation diversity. A background map for future monitoring of the main vegetation types in Lake Engures was produced. The map c...

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Published inProceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Natural Sciences Vol. 54; no. 5/6
Main Authors Aunins, A. (Latvian Fund for Nature, Riga (Latvia)), Zviedre, E, Brumelis, G. (University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Faculty of Biology)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2000
Subjects
CARTOGRAFIA
CARTOGRAPHIE
CARTOGRAPHY
CONTROLE CONTINU
ENSAYO
INVESTIGACION
LATVIA
LETONIA
LETTONIE
MONITORING
RECHERCHE
REMOTE SENSING
SATELITES
SATELLITE
SATELLITES
TELEDETECCION
TELEDETECTION
TESTAGE
TESTING
VEGETACION
VEGETATION
VIGILANCIA
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Summary:The paper describes the testing of the applicability of a classification based on Landsat satellite imagery for wetland vegetation mapping in Latvian conditions with high vegetation diversity. A background map for future monitoring of the main vegetation types in Lake Engures was produced. The map contains 15 mapping classes which describe the best match to the vegetation classification derived using TWINSPAN software. Nine of the above classes refer to emergent vegetation of paludified habitats, three describe a gradient from deep water to emerged algae, and three refer to terrestrial vegetation. Spatial resolution of the Landsat images does not allow to identify several potentially separable classes, while it is suitable for general monitoring of the main habitat types.
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ISSN:1407-009X
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