Recommended Scales of Aerial Photography for Mapping Barrier Island Vegetation

Abstract

Identification of plant species, communities and zones of a barrier island can be important for planning and considering environmental impacts. In many instances vegetational patterns, boundaries, and ground coverage can be more easily identified from aerial photography than from the ground observations. This note provides guidelines on the scale of aerial photography recommended for identification of the various vegetational features on barrier islands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA611396

Entities

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Barrier Islands
  • Cameras
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Communities
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Infrared Photography
  • Islands
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Plants
  • Research Facilities
  • Vegetation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.