ABMI Wetland Inventory
The ABMI Wetland Inventory comes in polygon and raster datasets. The data covers the entire province of Alberta and maps wetlands 400 m2 in size and larger. This product represents the most up to date wetland dataset created by the ABMI for Alberta/Canada and provides users with high quality data to meet their needs.
Summary
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) province-wide wetland inventory is developed separately over three project areas representing ecoregions of Alberta with distinct wetlands.
These three regions are:
(i) the forested region, which is characterized by large peatland complexes;
(ii) the prairie region, where wetlands usually occur in small depressional potholes; and
(iii) the mountain region, where wetlands are often found along valley bottoms.
Webmap
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References
- Hird JN, DeLancey ER, McDermid GJ, Kariyeva J. Google earth engine, open-access satellite data, and machine learning in support of large-area probabilistic wetland mapping. Remote sensing. 2017 Dec;9(12):1315
- DeLancey ER, Kariyeva J, Bried JT, Hird JN. Large-scale probabilistic identification of boreal peatlands using Google Earth Engine, open-access satellite data, and machine learning. PloS one. 2019 Jun 17;14(6):e0218165
- DeLancey ER, Simms JF, Mahdianpari M, Brisco B, Mahoney C, Kariyeva J. Comparing deep learning and shallow learning for large-scale wetland classification in Alberta, Canada. Remote Sensing. 2020 Jan;12(1):2.
