Abstract: The Wetland Inventory Pilot project is part of ongoing efforts to develop innovative wetland mapping methodologies across Alberta, Canada with the objective to refine and establish wetland inventory mapping methodologies using advanced Earth Observation (EO) imagery and machine learning (ML) techniques. Wetland Inventory was developed for four pilot study areas within Alberta for the Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama Lake (7,613 km2), Boreal 2: North Slave Lake (21,215 km2), Grassland located east of Brooks (5,065 km2) and Parkland located east of Red Deer (5,170 km2). These areas were selected to represent the broad diversity of wetlands and land-uses in the province. The Boreal study areas utilized EO sources from Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and high-resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR. The Grassland and Parkland study areas contained a comprehensive collection of EO satellite (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope) imagery, aerial imagery, and high-resolution airborne LiDAR. Training and validation data included photo-interpreted plots, and field validated survey sites and helicopter survey sites. The project developed wetland inventory for each pilot area that identifies and delineates both the wetland class and form of a given wetland, according to the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) (ESRD 2015) and the Wetland Inventory Mapping Standards (AEP 2020). The four pilot areas were completed in collaboration with Government of Alberta (GOA), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), and Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) The wetland inventory pilots dataset is not intended to replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area and location.
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division
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3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
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9915 108 Street
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T5K 2G8
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CA
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EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca
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2024-11-13
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Title:
Project Returns for Wetland Inventory Pilots
Date:
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2024-03-30
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2024-10-30
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division
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3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
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9915 108 Street
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T5K 2G8
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Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca
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Abstract:
The Wetland Inventory Pilot project is part of ongoing efforts to develop innovative wetland mapping
methodologies across Alberta, Canada with the objective to refine and establish wetland inventory mapping
methodologies using advanced Earth Observation (EO) imagery and machine learning (ML) techniques. Wetland
Inventory was developed for four pilot study areas within Alberta for the Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama Lake
(7,613 km2), Boreal 2: North Slave Lake (21,215 km2), Grassland located east of Brooks (5,065 km2) and
Parkland located east of Red Deer (5,170 km2). These areas were selected to represent the broad diversity of
wetlands and land-uses in the province. The Boreal study areas utilized EO sources from Sentinel-1, and
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and
high-resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR. The Grassland and Parkland study areas
contained a comprehensive collection of EO satellite (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope) imagery,
aerial imagery, and high-resolution airborne LiDAR. Training and validation data included photo-interpreted
plots, and field validated survey sites and helicopter survey sites. The project developed wetland inventory
for each pilot area that identifies and delineates both the wetland class and form of a given wetland,
according to the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) (ESRD 2015) and the Wetland Inventory Mapping
Standards (AEP 2020). The four pilot areas were completed in collaboration with Government of Alberta (GOA),
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), and Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) The wetland inventory
pilots dataset is not intended to replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area
and location.
Purpose:
Wetland inventory was created for four pilot areas in Alberta to classify wetlands to the wetland class and
form in the Alberta Wetland Classification System using machine learning a deep learning.
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Ducks Unlimited Canada, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division
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3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
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9915 108 Street
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T5K 2G8
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Country:
CA
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EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca
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Alberta, Canada
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Wetland
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Inventory
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Remote sensing
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Classification
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Earth observation
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Alberta Wetland Classification System
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Grassland
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Parkland
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Boreal
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Wetland Inventory Pilots – Technical Summary
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2024-11-13
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division
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EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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Provincial Geospatial Centre
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7804277374
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14th Floor, Oxbrige Place
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9820 - 106 Street NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T5K 2J6
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CA
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Technical summary for Wetland Inventory Pilots project
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Machine Learning and Deep learning models were used to create wetland inventory for four pilots study
areas Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama lake, Boreal 2: North Slave Lake, Grassland and Parkland using
multi-temporal and multi-source earth observation data. The datasets used to test different modeling
scenarios and included, aerial photography, Planet Scope, Sentinel -1 and Sentinel-2, high-resolution
airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) - topographic derivatives and point cloud metrics, and ALOS
DEM. The resulting top models for machine learning utilized Object Based Imagery Analysis (OBIA) with
eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The Deep learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) methods were
based on U-Net architecture.
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