Vegetation and a Landsat-Derived Land Cover Map of the Beechey Point Quadrangle, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

• Main Authors: Walker,Donald A., Acevedo,William
• Other Authors: COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER INST OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Cartography and Aerial Photography; *REMOTE DETECTORS; *GEOBOTANICAL MAPPING; *PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ALASKA; VEGETATION; TERRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; HIERARCHIES; MAPPING; TUNDRA; MULTISPECTRAL; SCANNERS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COASTAL REGIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; MAPS; Arctic; Beechey Point; Quadrangle; The Quadrangle; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA180931; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA180931

This report presents a Landsat-derived land cover classification of the Beechey Point, Alaska, 1:250,000-scale quadrangle with descriptions of the major vegetation units. Eight Landsat-level units derived from multispectral scanner data, eleven photo-interpreted units, and eight common vegetation co...