Abstract: In 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This dataset is one of a series created using earth observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview. Landsat multispectral imagery for 2005 and 2006 and land use and land cover classification data derived from 2006 were used to produce this dataset. The land use and land cover changes include vegetation loss from anthropogenic disturbances, such as infrastructure related to oil and gas exploration, forestry and agriculture, and vegetation recovery from these disturbances. This digital data release contains the vegetation loss data, classified into 9 classes: 1 - exposed land/cut blocks/harvested areas, 3 - transitional bare surfaces, 4 - mixed developed areas, 5 - developed areas, 6 - shoal, 7 - shrub land, 8 - grassland and 9 - agricultural areas. These categories can be used as baseline data for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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AGS Information Manager
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(780) 638-4491
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Alberta Energy Regulator
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4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T6B 2X3
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Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from
2005-2006 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)
Date:
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2015-01-01
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Chao, D.K.
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Chowdhury, S.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)/ Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and University of Maryland
Abstract:
In 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step
towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to
encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to
minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This dataset is one of a series created using earth
observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp.
52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe,
Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview. Landsat multispectral imagery for 2005 and 2006 and land use and
land cover classification data derived from 2006 were used to produce this dataset. The land use and land
cover changes include vegetation loss from anthropogenic disturbances, such as infrastructure related to oil
and gas exploration, forestry and agriculture, and vegetation recovery from these disturbances. This digital
data release contains the vegetation loss data, classified into 9 classes: 1 - exposed land/cut
blocks/harvested areas, 3 - transitional bare surfaces, 4 - mixed developed areas, 5 - developed areas, 6 -
shoal, 7 - shrub land, 8 - grassland and 9 - agricultural areas. These categories can be used as baseline
data for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.
Purpose:
To document land disturbance changes between 2005 and 2006 to assist oil and gas regulatory tasks in the PBR
pilot project area.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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AGS Information Manager
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(780) 638-4491
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(780) 422-1918
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Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
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AGS-Info@aer.ca
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Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta
Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open
Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological
Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references
to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our
releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
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Land-use/Land-cover Classifications of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2005
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Annual Vegetation Recovery Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area
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Quality Evaluation Dataset of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2005 Landsat
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Chowdhury, S.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Alberta Energy Regulator
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Alberta Geological Survey
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ground condition
Begin date:
2005-01-01
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Supplemental Information:
Language: In English;
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Distribution:
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Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
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(780) 638-4491
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(780) 422-1918
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Alberta Energy Regulator
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4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T6B 2X3
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Canada
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AGS-Info@aer.ca
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Scope code:
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Report:
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Report:
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Evaluation method description:
All pixels in the draft pre-release Landsat Best Available Pixel (BAP) composite were used for image
analysis. Every pixel in the raster grid is classified to a certain class, except for the pixels with
the presence of sensor noise or thick cloud. Pixels with sensor noise or thick cloud and pixels outside
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analysis. Every pixel in the raster grid is classified to a certain class, except for the pixels with
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the study area were assigned ‘0’ value.
Process step:
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Process steps performed in ENVI 5.1 to produce this land disturbance classification dataset:
1. Pre-release versions of annual Landsat Best Available Pixel Composite (LBAPC) datasets (1984 to 2012) were obtained from the Natural Resources Canada/Pacific Forestry Centre for testing purposes. Of these, the 2005 and 2006 LBAPC datasets were used to produce this land disturbance result.
2. Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI) datasets were produced from the 2005 and 2006 LBAPC datasets.
3. The simple difference based change detection method was applied to the 2005 and 2006 NDBI results using 2005 as the initial state and 2006 as the final state. The change detection result contains classes ranked from 0 to 21, where lower numbers indicate a strong negative change and higher numbers indicate a strong positive change. Intermediate values indicate little to no change.
4. The net land disturbance result was derived from positive changes by manually setting the threshold for those pixels in the 14 to 21 range to 1. This threshold was selected to eliminate false positive changes associated with cloud, haze, cloud shadow, and noise.
Date and time:
2015-01-01T00:00:00
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Updated coordinate reference system datum to corporate standard, NAD83.
Date and time:
2016-01-01T00:00:00
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Title:
Land-use/Land-cover Classifications of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Chao, D.K.
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Chowdhury, S.
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ground condition
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2006-01-01
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Maintenance information:
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Maintenance note:
This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2
transform.
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Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
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Phone:
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Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
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Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
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AGS-Info@aer.ca
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8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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