Essential fisheries habitat

classification in the Lower Songkhram

River Basin using Remote Sensing and
GIS techniques

Seksan Duangsri
Ubolratana Suntornratana
Thiha
Anupong Sanitchon
 1.Introduction
z Songkhram River Basin are a famous for fisheries
production.

z Department of Fisheries and MRC conduct the river

management .

z Remote sensing can be defined as the science

technology and art of obtaining information about
objects from a distance.

z Remote sensing help fisheries study through

investigating spatial distribution of habitats important
for fisheries production and management in integration
with GIS technology.
 The Lower Songkhram River Basin

Area Study
•The lower Songkhram River Basin in
the northeastern of Thailand.

•Cutting area come from Landsat image

of WRS path 127 and row 48
 2. Objectives

Supporting the Songkhram River Fisheries

management Programme

z Using remote sensing images classify

habitats mapping
 3.Methodology
3.1 Data sources
z Download Landsat ETM+ images of WRS from
Michigan State University at www.landsat.org
18 March 2003 (dry season)
Methodology

Download from Global Land Cover Facility at

http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080/esdi/
17 September 2000 (wet season)
6 November 1992 (master image)
Methodology

3.2 Image Pre-processing

Each geo-referencing used at least 20
Geo-referencing ground control points and resulted in a
total RMSE of less than half a pixel (15
Co-registration meters)

Wet/dry Wet/dry
images images

software Master
Transform UTM
6Nov1992
ERDAS

Wet/dry
images

Wet/dry
software
images Topo-map
ENVI scale 1:50,000

Subset transformed images

 Remote sensing data

Satellite and sensor Acquisition Ground RMSR

date resolution (Root Mean Square Error)
Landsat 7, ETM + 17-Sep-00 30x30 m 12.8 m
Landsat 7, ETM + 18-Mar-03 30x30 m 13.2 m
Landsat 5, TM 6-Nov-92* 30x30 m
Landsat 7, ETM+ 28-Sep-04** 30x30 m

* = Master image used for image-coregistration of all ETM+ images

** = Scan Line Corrector (SLC) off image
Methodology

3.3 Habitat type classification

¾ A self-developed habitat classification that was based on field
observations and researcher’s familiarity with the area

¾ Reference materials: topographic maps (scale 1:50,000) and

Landsat images

¾ Image subsets of Lower Songkram River basin were classified

into ten habitats.

¾ Survey for ground truthing

using : GPS Garmin 60
time : July-August 2006
Topographic map for Ground truthing waypoint

scale 1:50,000
Ground truthing Waypoint
July 2006 25 waypoints
August 2006 27 waypoints
Methodology

3.4 Processing (Image classification)

Using software ERDAS , ArcView

Both thematic maps produced simple statistic
analysis of area of each habitat type.

Wet/dry Data set ground truthing

images ERDAS ArcView

Subset transformed images Inundated flood map

From Geo-referencing
Thematic map
 4.Outputs

z Total 10 different habitats

z Two habitat maps showing major habitats for
fisheries
z Inundated Flood Thematic map
z Area statistics for each habitat
Habitats

Permanent water bodies

(main rivers and streams)

Permanent water body (Non-channel type)

Agricultural crops

Dipterocarpus-dominated mixed vegetation

Riparian mixed vegetation

Barren land
 Mixed vegetation Inundated flood

Paddy rice flied

Settlement
Wet and dry season habitats in Lower Songkhram River basin

Dry season
Wet season
 Inundated Flood Thematic map

z Dry - Wet season

 Area statistics for each habitat thematic map

Wet season Dry season

Habitat Area (ha) Percentage Area (ha) Percentage
Permanent water body (river and stream) 5,990 1.71 2,037 0.58
Permanent water body (non-channel type) 11,262 3.22 11,406 3.25
Inundated floods 53,486 15.28 - 0.00
other habitats 279,411 79.79 337,117 96.17
total 350,148 100.00 350,560 100.00
5.Problem and limitation
z Low spatial resolution
z Cloud cover in some area
z Image of September 2004 was not good
 6.Recommendation

z The classified habitat maps are subject to accuracy

assessment to evaluate the correctness of each
habitat.

z Ground truth data are necessary for classify habitats.