GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Wetland Mapping and Monitoring

Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages 140-157

  Wu, Qiusheng ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Global wetland inventory; Image classification; LiDAR; Remote sensing; Wetland indicator; Wetland mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082352610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10460-9     Document Type: Chapter

References (103)

1. Adam E., Mutanga O., Rugege D. Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing for identification and mapping of wetland vegetation: a review. Wetlands Ecology and Management 2010, 18:281-296.
2. Ameli A.A., Creed I.F. Quantifying hydrologic connectivity of wetlands to surface water systems. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2016, 2016:1-28.
3. Bengtson M.L., Padmanabhan G. A hydrologic model for assessing the influence of wetlands on flood hydrographs in the Red River Basin: development and application. Report submitted to the International Joint Commission Red River Task Force. North Dakota State Water Commission 1999, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://goo.gl/xDMngM.
4. Blaschke T. Object based image analysis for remote sensing. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2010, 65:2-16.
5. Brian B. Mapping and monitoring surface water and wetlands with synthetic aperture radar. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, 119-136. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. M.W. Lang, L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, R.W. Tiner, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
6. Burne M.R. Massachusetts aerial photo survey of potential vernal pools 2001, Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Westborough, MA.
7. Burton T.M., Tiner R.W. Ecology of wetlands. Encyclopedia of inland waters 2009, 507-515. Academic Press, Oxford.
8. Channan S., Collins K., Emanuel W. Global mosaics of the standard MODIS land cover type data 2014, University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, Maryland, USA, 30.
9. Chu X. Delineation of pothole-dominated wetlands and modeling of their threshold behaviors. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 2015, 22(1). D5015003. 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001224.
10. Cohen M.J., Creed I.F., Alexander L., Basu N.B., Calhoun A.J., Craft C., D'Amico E., DeKeyser E., Fowler L., Golden H.E. Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2016, 113:1978-1986.
11. Cowardin L.M., Carter V., Golet F.C., LaRoe E.T. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. US Fish and Wildlife Service FWS/OBS 1979, 79:131.
12. Dahl T.E. Wetlands losses in the United States, 1780's to 1980's. Report to the Congress 1990, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC, p. 13.
13. Dahl T.E. Status and trends of prairie wetlands in the United States 1997 to 2009 2014, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Washington, DC, p. 67.
14. Duda T., Canty M. Unsupervised classification of satellite imagery: choosing a good algorithm. International Journal of Remote Sensing 2002, 23:2193-2212.
15. Dugan P. Wetland in danger: a world conservation atlas 1993, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
16. Enwright N., Forbes M.G., Doyle R.D., Hunter B., Forbes W. Using geographic information systems (GIS) to inventory coastal prairie wetlands along the Upper Gulf Coast, Texas. Wetlands 2011, 31:687-697.
17. Erwin K.L. Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world. Wetlands Ecology and Management 2009, 17:71.
18. ESA ESA CCI Global Land Cover Dataset 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/.
19. ESA and Ramsar Global wetland project 2012, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). http://www.globwetland.org/.
20. ESRI Drone2Map for ArcGIS 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). http://doc.arcgis.com/en/drone2map/.
21. Feng M., Sexton J.O., Channan S., Townshend J.R. A global, high-resolution (30-m) inland water body dataset for 2000: first results of a topographic-spectral classification algorithm. International Journal of Digital Earth 2016, 9:113-133.
22. Finlayson C., Davidson N., Spiers A., Stevenson N. Global wetland inventory-current status and future priorities. Marine and Freshwater Research 1999, 50:717-727.
23. Fluet-Chouinard E., Lehner B., Rebelo L.-M., Papa F., Hamilton S.K. Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment 2015, 158:348-361.
24. Gleason R.A., Tangen B.A., Laubhan M.K., Kermes K.E., Euliss N.H. Estimating water storage capacity of existing and potentially restorable wetland depressions in a subbasin of the Red River of the North 2007, p. 36. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1159.
25. Ecosystem services derived from wetland conservation practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 2008, 1745:58. Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1745/.
26. Gumbricht T. Mapping global tropical wetlands from earth observing satellite imagery 2012, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor.
27. Harris Geospatial Solutions ENVI OneButton 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/.
28. Hayashi M., van der Kamp G., Rosenberry D.O. Hydrology of prairie wetlands: understanding the integrated surface-water and groundwater processes. Wetlands 2016, 36:237-254.
29. Huang S., Dahal D., Young C., Chander G., Liu S. Integration of Palmer Drought Severity Index and remote sensing data to simulate wetland water surface from 1910 to 2009 in Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota. Remote Sensing of Environment 2011, 115:3377-3389.
30. Huang S., Young C., Feng M., Heidemann K., Cushing M., Mushet D.M., Liu S. Demonstration of a conceptual model for using LiDAR to improve the estimation of floodwater mitigation potential of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands. Journal of Hydrology 2011, 405:417-426.
31. Hubbard D.E., Linder R.L. Spring runoff retention in prairie pothole wetlands. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation 1986, 41:122-125.
32. Johnston C.A. Wetland losses due to row crop expansion in the Dakota Prairie Pothole Region. Wetlands 2013, 33:175-182.
33. Joseph F.K., Jennifer M.C., Lian P.R., Keith C.P. Theory and applications of object-based image analysis and emerging methods in wetland mapping. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, 175-194. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. R.W. Tiner, M.W. Lang, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
34. Keddy P.A. Wetland ecology: principles and conservation 2010, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
35. Klemas V. Remote sensing of wetlands: case studies comparing practical techniques. Journal of Coastal Research 2011, 27:418-427.
36. Lane C.R., D'Amico E. Identification of putative geographically isolated wetlands of the conterminous United States. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2016, 52(3):705-722.
37. Lane C., Liu H., Autrey B., Anenkhonov O., Chepinoga V., Wu Q. Improved wetland classification using eight-band high resolution satellite imagery and a hybrid approach. Remote Sensing 2014, 6:12187-12216.
38. Lang M., McCarty G. Lidar intensity for improved detection of inundation below the forest canopy. Wetlands 2009, 29:1166-1178.
39. Lang M., McCarty G., Oesterling R., Yeo I.-Y. Topographic metrics for improved mapping of forested wetlands. Wetlands 2013, 33:141-155.
40. Lang M.W., Bourgeau-Chavez L.L., Tiner R.W., Klemas V.V. Advances in remotely sensed data and techniques for wetland mapping and monitoring. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, 79-116. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. R.W. Tiner, M.W. Lang, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
41. Lehner B., Döll P. Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. Journal of Hydrology 2004, 296:1-22.
42. Leibowitz S.G., Mushet D.M., Newton W.E. Intermittent surface water connectivity: fill and spill vs fill and merge dynamics. Wetlands 2016, 36:323-342.
43. Lindsay J.B. Whitebox GAT: a case study in geomorphometric analysis. Computers & Geosciences 2016, 95:75-84.
44. Liu H., Wang L., Sherman D., Gao Y., Wu Q. An object-based conceptual framework and computational method for representing and analyzing coastal morphological changes. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2010, 24:1015-1041.
45. Lyon J.G., Lopez R.D., Lyon L.K., Lopez D.K. Wetland landscape characterization: GIS, remote sensing and image analysis 2001, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
46. McCauley L.A., Anteau M.J. Generating nested wetland catchments with readily-available digital elevation data may improve evaluations of land-use change on wetlands. Wetlands 2014, 34:1123-1132.
47. McFeeters S.K. The use of the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) in the delineation of open water features. International Journal of Remote Sensing 1996, 17:1425-1432.
48. Melton J., Wania R., Hodson E., Poulter B., Ringeval B., Spahni R., Bohn T., Avis C., Beerling D., Chen G. Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: conclusions from a model intercomparison project (WETCHIMP). Biogeosciences 2013, 10:753-788.
49. Miller M.W., Nudds T.D. Prairie landscape change and flooding in the Mississippi River Valley. Conservation Biology 1996, 10:847-853.
50. Minke A.G.N. Estimating water storage of prairie pothole wetlands 2009, University of Saskatchewan.
51. Mitsch W.J., Gosselink J.G. The value of wetlands: importance of scale and landscape setting. Ecological Economics 2000, 35:25-33.
52. National Wetlands Working Group The Canadian wetland classification system 1997, 68. Wetlands Research Branch, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. 2nd edn. B.G. Warner, C.D.A. Rubec (Eds.).
53. Niu Z., Zhang H., Wang X., Yao W., Zhou D., Zhao K., Zhao H., Li N., Huang H., Li C., Yang J., Liu C., Liu S., Wang L., Li Z., Yang Z., Qiao F., Zheng Y., Chen Y., Sheng Y., Gao X., Zhu W., Wang W., Wang H., Weng Y., Zhuang D., Liu J., Luo Z., Cheng X., Guo Z., Gong P. Mapping wetland changes in China between 1978 and 2008. Chinese Science Bulletin 2012, 57:2813-2823.
54. Oslund F.T., Johnson R.R., Hertel D.R. Assessing wetland changes in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota from 1980 to 2007. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 2010, 1:131-135.
55. Ozesmi S.L., Bauer M.E. Satellite remote sensing of wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 2002, 10:381-402.
56. Ramsar Convention Wetlands: a global disappearing act 2009, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://goo.gl/GCBTT9.
57. Ramsar Convention Ramsar Sites Information Service 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://rsis.ramsar.org/.
58. Ramsar Convention Secretariat An introduction to the Ramsar convention on wetlands 2016, Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland, (previously The Ramsar Convention Manual). 7th edn.
59. Rebelo L.M., Finlayson C.M., Nagabhatla N. Remote sensing and GIS for wetland inventory, mapping and change analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 2009, 90:2144-2153.
60. Rover J., Mushet D.M. Mapping wetlands and surface water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, 347-368. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. R.W. Tiner, M.W. Lang, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
61. Sader S.A., Ahl D., Liou W.S. Accuracy of landsat-TM and GIS rule-based methods for forest wetland classification in Maine. Remote Sensing of Environment 1995, 53:133-144.
62. Sayre R., Dangermond J., Frye C., Vaughan R., Aniello P., Breyer S., Cribbs D., Hopkins D., Nauman R., Derrenbacher W. A new map of global ecological land units-an ecophysiographic stratification approach 2014, Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC.
63. Sloan C.E. Ground-water hydrology of prairie potholes in North Dakota 1972, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
64. Sörensen R., Zinko U., Seibert J. On the calculation of the topographic wetness index: evaluation of different methods based on field observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2006, 10:101-112.
65. Steen V., Skagen S.K., Noon B.R. Vulnerability of breeding waterbirds to climate change in the Prairie Pothole Region USA. PLoS ONE 2014, 9.
66. Tiner R.W. The concept of a hydrophyte for wetland identification. BioScience 1991, 41:236-247.
67. Tiner R.W. NWI maps: what they tell us. National Wetlands Newsletter 1997, 19:7-12.
68. Tiner R.W. Ecology of wetlands: classification systems. Encyclopedia of inland waters 2009, 516-525. Academic Press, Oxford.
69. Tiner R.W. Global distribution of wetlands. Encyclopedia of inland waters 2009, 526-530. Academic Press, Oxford.
70. Tiner R.W. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation, Branch of Resource and Mapping Support 2009, US Department of the Interior, Arlington, TX, Status report for the National Wetlands Inventory program: 2009.
71. Tiner R.W. Classification of wetland types for mapping and large-scale inventories. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. R.W. Tiner, M.W. Lang, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
72. Tiner R.W. Wetlands: an overview. Remote sensing of wetlands: applications and advances 2015, 3-18. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. R.W. Tiner, M.W. Lang, V.V. Klemas (Eds.).
73. Todhunter P.E., Rundquist B.C. Terminal lake flooding and wetland expansion in Nelson County, North Dakota. Physical Geography 2004, 25:68-85.
74. Trimble eCognition Developer 9 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). http://www.ecognition.com/.
75. Tucker C.J. Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation. Remote Sensing of Environment 1979, 8:127-150.
76. UNEP-WCMC Global wetlands 1993, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-data/global-wetlands.
77. USDA Geospatial Data Gateway 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 19, 2016).Pubmed Partial Author articletitle stitle Volume Page. https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/.
78. USDA-NRCS Field indicators of hydric soils in the United States 2010, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, in Cooperation with the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils, Washington, DC. L. Vasilas, G. Hurt, C. Noble (Eds.).
79. USDA-NRCS Global distribution of wetlands map 1997, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/.
80. USDA-NRCS National List of Hydric Soils 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 17, 2016). https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/use/hydric/.
81. USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey (WSS) 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 17, 2016). http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.
82. USGS and ESRI Global Ecological Land Units (ELUs) 2015, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/.
83. USFWS NWI Wetlands Mapper 2016, Available at, (accessed on November 21, 2016). https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/Mapper.html.
84. van der Kamp G., Hayashi M., Bedard-Haughn A., Pennock D. Prairie pothole wetlands - suggestions for practical and objective definitions and terminology. Wetlands 2016, 36:229-235.
85. Vanderhoof M., Alexander L., Todd M.J. Temporal and spatial patterns of wetland extent influence variability of surface water connectivity in the Prairie Pothole Region, United States. Landscape Ecology 2016, 31:805-824.
86. Winter T. Hydrologic studies of wetlands in the northern prairie. Northern prairie wetlands 1989, Iowa-State University Press, Ames, IA. A.G. Van Der Valk (Ed.).
87. Wu Q., Lane C.R. Delineation and quantification of wetland depressions in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota. Wetlands 2016, 36:215-227.
88. Wu Q., Lane C.R. Delineating wetland catchments and modeling hydrologic connectivity using LiDAR data and aerial imagery. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2017, 2017:1-32.
89. Wu Q., Lane C., Liu H. An effective method for detecting potential woodland vernal pools using high-resolution LiDAR data and aerial imagery. Remote Sensing 2014, 6:11444-11467.
90. Wu Q., Liu H., Wang S., Yu B., Beck R., Hinkel K. A localized contour tree method for deriving geometric and topological properties of complex surface depressions based on high-resolution topographical data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2015, 29:2041-2060.
91. Zedler J.B., Kercher S. Wetland resources: status, trends, ecosystem services, and restorability. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2005, 30:39-74.
92. Zhang B., Schwartz F.W., Liu G. Systematics in the size structure of prairie pothole lakes through drought and deluge. Water Resources Research 2009, 45.
93. Zheng Y., Niu Z., Gong P., Wang J. A database of global wetland validation samples for wetland mapping. Science Bulletin 2015, 60:428-434.
94. -CIFOR Global Wetlands. http://www.cifor.org/global-wetlands.
95. -Global GIS Datasets. http://www.edenextdata.com/?q=content/global-gis-datasets-links-0.
96. -ESA CCI Global Land Cover Dataset. http://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/.
97. -Global Ecological Land Units (ELUs). http://esriurl.com/eco/.
98. -Free GIS Data. http://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/.
99. -U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services National Wetlands Inventory. https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/.
100. -Global Land Cover Facility. http://www.landcover.org/.
101. -Ramsar Sites Information Service. https://rsis.ramsar.org.
102. -USDA-NRCS SSURGO Database. http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.
103. -Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD). http://www.worldwildlife.org/.