Determining Viable Methods to Monitor Landscape Patterns in National Park Service Units of the Northern and Southern Colorado Plateau Networks: Project to Support Monitoring Protocol Development.
Project ID: J9W88050020
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: Oregon State University
Fiscal Year: 2005
Initial Funding: $124,945
Total Funding: $265,445
Project Type: Technical Assistance
Project Disciplines: Biological
National Park: Southern Colorado Plateau Network I-M
Principal Investigator: Cohen, Warren
Agreement Technical Representative: Lauver, Chris
Abstract: Develop a set of methods that employ the use of remotely sensed data to monitor and determine changes in land use/land cover, vegetation pattern, vegetation condition, and disturbance patterns on and surrounding National Park Service lands on the Colorado Plateau. Methods development will rely on previously published work and a series of proposed pilot studies to further understand the ability of proposed methods and data sets to monitor the landscapes of the Colorado Plateau. Results from the pilot studies and methods development will be organized to feed logically and directly into development of protocols that use remotely sensed data to monitor landscape patterns and land use change across the network of Colorado Plateau National Park Service parks
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