Land loss in coastal Louisiana 1956-90
By: John A. Barras, Pierre E. Bourgeois, and Lawrence R. Handley.
Contributors: Bourgeois, Peirre E.; Handley, Lawrence R.
Series: Open file report ;; 94-01
Publisher: National Wetlands Research Center
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [Lafayette, La.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Coast changes -- Louisiana.; Erosion -- Louisiana.; Coasts -- Louisiana.; Wetland conservation -- Louisiana.
Description: This report shows that land loss rates at 34.9 mi2/yr for the 1978-90 time period.
Notes: Funds for data analysis and map preparation from the joint State and Federal Task Force created by Section 303 of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) of 1990.
"January 1994."
Land cover/use data sets for the maps were from color infrared aerial photography taken in late 1988 and early 1989, transferred to U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 base maps. Available 1990 classified Landsat TM water data was merged with the 1988 habitat data using GIS technology.