Title :
Assessing the nature conservation value of grasslands by remote sensing
Author :
Askew, D. ; Slater, J.
Author_Institution :
ADAS, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
The feasibility of using satellite imagery within an applied programme of environmental monitoring has been assessed. Detailed botanical data has been collected from fields in the Pennine uplands of northern Britain and used to derive indices reflecting conservation value. The relationships between these data and field by field reflectance values derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery have been examined
Keywords :
botany; ecology; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; England; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Pennine uplands; UK; United Kingdom; botany; conservation biology; ecology; environmental monitoring; geophysical measurement technique; grass; grassland; light reflectance; nature conservation value; optical imaging; remote sensing; satellite imagery; vegetation mapping; Agriculture; BNSC; Image analysis; Layout; Photography; Reflectivity; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521712
