Comparison of satellite imagery and infrared aerial photography as vegetation mapping methods in an Arctic study area; Jameson Land, East Greenland

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Mosbech, Anders, Hansen, Birger U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1994
• Subjects: Arctic; East Greenland; Greenland; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/1973; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v13i1.6688

The two methods suited for mapping the vegetation of remote inaccessible terrain were compared in terms of their ability to reproduce and distinguish predefined vegetation classes, the appropriateness of their different spatial resolutions to the same end, and their cost-effectiveness. The study was...