Mapping and classification of Peatland on the Isle of Lewis using Landsat ETM+.

Britain contains some of the largest areas of blanket peatland in the world and the monitoring of this resource is vital. This study has investigated whether Landsat ETM+ can be used to identify types of blanket peatland on Lewis. This was done using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on composites...

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Published in:	Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 123; no. 3; pp. 173 - 193
Main Authors:	Brown, E., Aitkenhead, M., Wright, R., Aalders, I.H.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2007
Subjects:	Peatlands Artificial neural networks Cartography Remote sensing Geography United Kingdom
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost