Monitoring the Water Bodies of the Mackenzie Delta by Remote Sensing Methods

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mouchot, Marie-Catherine, Alfoldi, Thomas, De Lisle, Daniel, McCullough, Greg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Electronic data processing; Geographic information systems; Hydrology; Remote sensing; River deltas; Satellite photography; Sediment transport; Water level; Watershed management; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64620

In the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, the thousands of lakes, ponds, channels and waterways, connected in an apparently chaotic manner, present a major logistical problem for collecting information regarding the nature of this complex hydrologic system. The use of satellite images gives an...