Date of Award:
5-1995
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Watershed Sciences
Department name when degree awarded
Watershed Science
Committee Chair(s)
R. Doug Ramsey
Committee
R. Doug Ramsey
Abstract
Current vegetation classes were generated from remotely sensed data to provide coarse-level information for an ecosystem management plan developed at Camp Williams, Utah. Vegetation trend from 1973 - 1993 was also examined via satellite imagery. The data set consisted of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM) images from July or August of 1973, 1975, 1980, 1988, and 1993.
Two approaches were used to detect vegetation change. The first approach determined overall and cover type trend from standard digital image differencing of soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) images. The second approach used an unsupervised classification of a composite SAVI image of all dates.
The first approach defined areas of increase, decrease, and no significant change in SAVI and differences in trend for tree versus shrub cover types. The second approach resulted in an ecological classification that defined new environmental patterns based on vegetation trend.
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Recommended Citation
Van Niel, Thomas G., "Classification of Vegetation and Analysis of its Recent Trends at Camp Williams, Utah Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Techniques" (1995). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3658.
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