Date of Award:
5-1997
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Environment and Society
Department name when degree awarded
Geography
Committee Chair(s)
Allan Falconer
Committee
Allan Falconer
Committee
David Roberts
Abstract
This study integrated remotely sensed data, geographic information system (GIS), and classification tree-based modeling to delineate ecological units for the Ashley National Forest. Data points, provided by the Ashley National Forest, with a known location and dominant vegetation type, were related to data layers that were determined to be helpful in a landtype classification. These layers included elevation, slope, aspect, potential solar irradiation, precipitation, geology, basins, Landsat thematic mapper (TM) bands 3, 4, 5, and 6, and basic land cover. These points, with their related information, were then used to train the tree-based model for landtype classification. This resulted in a set of rules, in the form of a binary decision tree, that could be applied to the entire study area. After the landtype classification was obtained, it was cross-classified with geology to produce a landtype association layer. This resulting data layer was compared to an existing landtype association map and it was determined, by cross-tabulation, that the two classifications identified many of the same patterns.
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18ab95432645358320bf1d6a7fabbccc
Recommended Citation
Swiatek, Teresa H., "Delineation of Ecological Units for the Ashley National Forest, at the Landscape Level, Using Classification Tree Modeling" (1997). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 6555.
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