Introduction to Wetland Remote Sensing & Mapping

National Wetland Research Center Annex

General Agenda

Wednesday
8:30-9:00 Welcome and Introduction
· workshop purpose
· class introduction

9:00-10:15 Fundamentals and Principals
· cameras, films, filters, & resolution
· stereoscopy
· geometry of vertical & oblique aerial photograph

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 More Fundamentals & Principals
· aerial photography scale
· aerial photography indexing
· photo-interpretation philosophy

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:50 Wetland Photo-Interpretation Principals
· CIR infrared wetlands signature development
· Preliminary analysis
· Temporal (seasons) considerations
· Image characteristics
· Scale

2:50-3:00 Break

3:00-3:50 CIR Wetland Field Exercise & Orientation(all in class exercise)
· class (team selection)
· forested wetland (Evangeline Canal)
· marsh wetland (Cypremort Point)
· team coordinator/ preliminary photo reconnaissance
· remember to wear field clothes, camera, binoculars
· bring sack lunch and drink

Thursday

8:30-10:00 CIR Wetland Field Exercise & Orientation(continued)
· team coordination (class room)

10:00-10:20 Move to Evangeline Canal

10:20-12:00 CIR Wetland Field Exercise
· field exercise of forested wetland (Evangeline Canal)

12:00-1:00 Lunch (in Field)

1:00-2:00 Move to Cypremort Point

2:00-5:00 Field Exercise in marsh wetland

Friday

8:30-10:15 CIR Wetland Field Exercise (continued in classroom)

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 CIR Wetland Field Exercise Classroom Presentation

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Spatial Analysis Branch (National Wetlands Research Center)

2:00-2:30 Break and move to the Annex

2:30-5:00 Remote Sensing and Map Data Availability (Annex)
· aircraft
· satellite
· maps