June 2005

Funded by:

NASA Ames Research Center

              Moffet Field, California

 Project Officer:

Gary Shelton
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Airborne Science Program
Ames Research Center
Dryden Flight Research Center

Information and materials contributors:

Jason Dugas, Johnson Controls World Service Inc.: National Wetlands Research Center:  Photointerpretation

Michele Meissner, Chadron State College:  General organization and packaging of materials

Kelly Mouton, Johnson Controls World Service Inc., National Wetlands Research Center:  Cartography and photo reproduction

Ron Risty, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 1993 Flood Imagery

Christopher Wells, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center: Stream gauge data collection

American Geographical Society, New York, New York: Focus articles on the Great Flood of 1993 (used with permission).

Other contributors:

Sarah Lockwood, Chadron State College

Ryan Mackey, Chadron State College

Madison Moore, Chadron State College

Cody Peck, Chadron State College

Mandy Pettit, Chadron State College

 Sources of Data and Information 

Aerial Photography

1950    Black and White (B/W) Columbia Bottom, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center                 

1985    NHAPP, Color Infrared (CIR), Columbia Bottom, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

1993    Color Infrared  Photo (CIR) Columbia Bottom, MO., NASA Ames Research Center

1998    NAPP, Black and White (B/W) Columbia Bottom, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center      

2003    St. Louis, MO, Sanborn Company

 MODIS Airborne  Simulator Image

1993    MODIS Airborne Simulator Image, Columbia Bottom, MO., NASA Ames Research Center.

 Maps

Portions of the following maps were used for site identification, skills and exercises, and wetland analysis:

1:250,000 scale, St. Louis, MO, Topographic Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

1:100,000 scale, St. Louis, MO/IL, Topographic Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center         

1:24,000 scale, Columbia Bottom, MO/IL; Wood River, IL/MO, Topographic Quadrangles, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

1:24,000 scale, Granite City, IL/MO Topographic Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

1:24,000 scale Historical Map, Wood River Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Vol. 1, Martin Plamondon II, Washington State University Press:  Pulman, WA. (2000)

Columbia Bottom, MO., Habitat Map 1958, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Columbia Bottom, MO., Habitat Map 1985, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Columbia Bottom, MO., Habitat Map 1998, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Columbia Bottom  1958 Land Cover Map, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Columbia Bottom 1985 Land Cover Map, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center

Columbia Bottom 1998 Land Cover Map, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center 

Geographic Background        Compiled by Catherine M. Lockwood and Michele Meissner with the assistance from the WETMAAP Development Team 

Skills and Techniques            Developed by the WETMAAP Development Team 

Photographic Essay               Developed by WETMAAP Development Team