%0 Journal Article %J Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference %D 1987 %T Micro-based Landsat TM data processing for tallgrass prairie monitoring in the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas %A Nellis, M.D. %A J. M. Briggs %K tallgrass prairie %X

Despite the large amount of evidence supporting the important role that burning and frequency of burning have on grassland resources, information on the spatial extent of burning in the Flint Hills of Kansas has not been developed. This is primarily due to the massive data requirements needed to access burning on a regional scale. This study assesses the regional potential for monitoring burning practices in the Flint Hills of Kansas using satellite data. The specific objective of this study was to ascertain the utility of Landsat thematic mapper digital data for delineating the spatial characteristics of burning in the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. The Konza Prairie is an area exceeding 8,000 acres owned by Nature Conservancy and leased to Kansas State University for long-term ecological research. The management objectives of the research area are based on the efforts of periodic fire and grazing on a tall grass prairie ecosystem

%B Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference %V 10 %P 76 -80 %G eng %M KNZ00152