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dc.contributor.advisorReeves, Richard W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKliman, Douglas Hartley
dc.creatorKliman, Douglas Hartley, 1963-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T10:10:34Z
dc.date.available2013-03-28T10:10:34Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/276600
dc.description.abstractMultispectral video (MSV) images were used to measure phenological changes in cultivated and uncultivated vegetation communities surrounding the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Multispectral video imagery was acquired from aircraft on seven dates between the middle of June and the end of September, 1986. Images representing three sites near the PVNGS were selected to calculate Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI) values for seven surface cover types. Mean RVI values were tested sequentially for change, plotted as a function of time, and then compared to a moisture index and the crop calendar. MSV detected changes in cultivated vegetation corresponding to the crop calendar. Changes in natural vegetation and the non-vegetated cover types were also detected, but did not correlate to the moisture index. There is insufficient evidence to determine if detected changes in uncultivated vegetation were the result of phenological changes or electronic noise.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectPhenology -- Arizona -- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Region.en_US
dc.subjectVegetation dynamics -- Arizona -- Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Region.en_US
dc.subjectNuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Arizona.en_US
dc.subjectPalo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Ariz.)en_US
dc.titleDetection of phenological change in cultivated and uncultivated vegetation with multispectral videoen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc22903030en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1332465en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography and Regional Developmenten_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b17526061en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b17526048en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-25T21:42:36Z
html.description.abstractMultispectral video (MSV) images were used to measure phenological changes in cultivated and uncultivated vegetation communities surrounding the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS). Multispectral video imagery was acquired from aircraft on seven dates between the middle of June and the end of September, 1986. Images representing three sites near the PVNGS were selected to calculate Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI) values for seven surface cover types. Mean RVI values were tested sequentially for change, plotted as a function of time, and then compared to a moisture index and the crop calendar. MSV detected changes in cultivated vegetation corresponding to the crop calendar. Changes in natural vegetation and the non-vegetated cover types were also detected, but did not correlate to the moisture index. There is insufficient evidence to determine if detected changes in uncultivated vegetation were the result of phenological changes or electronic noise.


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