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Remote sensing of Waikato wetlands; a literature review

TR 2016/21
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Report: TR 2016/21

Author: M Allan (Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato)

About this report

This report reviews and summarises the current scientific literature on the subject of remote sensing methods used for the identification of wetlands, and, proposes new methods for identification of wetlands, based on state-of-the-art methods.

The literature review suggests that image segmentation and classification of more recent high quality data sources would lead to significant increases in wetland classification accuracy.

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Remote sensing of Waikato wetlands; a literature review [PDF, 2.4 MB]

Contents
Wetland types in New Zealand
Introduction to remote sensing
Wetland identification using remote sensing, image classification and GIS data
Wetland identification in in New Zealand using GIS and remote sensing
Case study: Sentinel-2 10 m resolution bands
References