Aerial Photographs of Aquatic Vegetation from U.S. Coastal Waters

NOAA NCEI Accession 0000411 contains aerial photographs of aquatic vegetation captured from aircraft over Florida Bay, the Indian River in Florida, and the Coast of Massachusetts. The photographs were scanned and geo-referenced for mapping purposes. Data is stored on a DLT tape as a secure backup copy.

Use Cases

• Classify vegetation types using scanned aerial photographs from Florida Bay.
• Map historical seagrass extent using geo-referenced images from the Coast of Massachusetts.
• Analyze changes in aquatic plant communities over time by comparing geo-referenced photographs from different locations.
• Train image segmentation models to identify vegetation patches in scanned aerial imagery from the Indian River.

Strengths

• Data covers three distinct coastal regions in the United States.
• Photographs are scanned and geo-referenced, enabling spatial analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data is stored on legacy DLT tape, which may require specialized hardware for access.
• Image resolution, spectral bands, and specific acquisition dates are not provided.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Aerial photographs taken from aircraft, subsequently scanned and geo-referenced.

Geography

Florida Bay, Indian River (Florida), and the Coast of Massachusetts, USA.