Reef Cover And Zonation Classification System For Use With Remotely Sensed Great Barrier Reef Data

D. A. Kuchler
June 1986

COVER PAGE [Adobe Acrobat Format 79.11KB]

CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 90.11KB]

INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 158.27KB]

CLASSIFICATION PURPOSE [Adobe Acrobat Format 109.67KB]

METHOD [Adobe Acrobat Format 232.23KB]

• Classification Concepts
• Approaches to land cover classification
• Listing of reef terms

RESULTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 803.01KB]

• Classification design
  • Hierarchical component
  • Non-hierarchical component
  • Categorised entry component
• Coding symbols
• Testing of classification system
• Use of the classification system
• Use of the classification system without the aid of a data recording card
• Retrieval of the classification levels from the recording system

DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 115.17KB]

CONCLUSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 52.03KB]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 31.99KB]

REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 468.25KB]

APPENDICES

1. Land Cover Classification Concepts [Adobe Acrobat Format 252.11KB]
2. Listing Of Reef Cover And Zonation Classifications [Adobe Acrobat Format 71.84KB]
3. Reef Cover And Zonation Classification System For Use With Remotely Sensed Great Barrier Reef Data [Adobe Acrobat Format 1543.58KB]

PLATES

1. Percy Isles group of reefs (2O°S). Landsat 3 MSS image produced by CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources. [Adobe Acrobat Format 171.63KB]
2. Green Island reef, 20/7/78, 0915 hours [Adobe Acrobat Format 227.60KB]
3. Lizard Island and fringing reef. Photograph reproduced with permission from Australian Survey Office [Adobe Acrobat Format 179.85KB]
4. Fitzroy Reef, Capricorn-Bunker Group. Photograph reproduced with permission from Australian Survey Office [Adobe Acrobat Format 166.51KB]
5. One Tree Reef, Capricorn-Bunker Group. Photograph reproduced with permission from Australian Survey Office [Adobe Acrobat Format 127.88KB]
6. Frame 093; Run 10; 086-094; 18/10/78; 15 000 ft ASL. Photograph reproduced with permission from Australian Survey Office [Adobe Acrobat Format 94.25KB]
7. Northern reefs. Photograph reproduced with permission from P.J. Isdale [Adobe Acrobat Format 62.43KB]

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