WETMAAP Skill 4
Texas City/Virginia Point: Element 1
Skill 4: Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Element 1: Signature Identification
Materials:
1992a Aerial Photograph
1989 Aerial Photograph
1979 Aerial Photograph
Reference Manual
Color overlays of 1979 and 1989 habitat maps
Exercise:
1. Review Photo Signature section in the Reference Manual.
2. Using the 1979 color habitat overlay and the 1979 aerial photography, complete the signature table.
Habitat type |
Color |
Texture |
Association (where it is located) |
Brightness/ Contrast |
Shape |
| Open Water |
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| Marsh |
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| Flats and Beaches |
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| Wetland Forested |
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| Wetland Scrub-Shrub |
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| Upland Forested |
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| Upland Scrub-shrub |
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| Agriculture /Range |
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| Urban |
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| Upland Barren |
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3. Using the 1989 colored habitat overlay and the 1989 aerial photograph, complete the signature table.
Habitat type |
Color |
Texture |
Association (where it is located) |
Brightness/ Contrast |
Shape |
| Open Water |
|
|
|
|
|
| Marsh |
|
|
|
|
|
| Flats and Beaches |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wetland Forested |
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|
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|
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| Wetland Scrub-Shrub |
|
|
|
|
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| Upland Forested |
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| Upland Scrub-shrub |
|
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| Agriculture /Range |
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| Urban |
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| Upland Barren |
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4. Using the 1992 colored habitat overlay and the 1992 aerial photograph, complete the signature table.
Habitat type |
Color |
Texture |
Association (where it is located) |
Brightness/ Contrast |
Shape |
| Open Water |
|
|
|
|
|
| Marsh |
|
|
|
|
|
| Flats and Beaches |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wetland Forested |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wetland Scrub-Shrub |
|
|
|
|
|
| Upland Forested |
|
|
|
|
|
| Upland Scrub-shrub |
|
|
|
|
|
| Agriculture /Range |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
|
|
|
|
|
| Upland Barren |
|
|
|
|
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