Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Mangrove distribution in the Tuapejat Village, Kepulauan Mentawai Regency Indonesia

Interpretation of landsat tm 127/62 januari 29, 2006 (crop)
Cropping in Kepulauan Tuapejat

NDVI with the combination of RGB layer


Cropping in mangrove area




Index vegetation on the Tuapejat area with   landsat TM ratio  digital values obtained ranged from -0,4918 to 0,6510. After doing the analysis of NDVI in mangrove areas at Tuapejat Village NDVI values obtained with medium canopy density of 0,3510 to 0,4460.

Distribution of Mangroves
map of mangrove areas in the village tuapejat
So the interpretation of Landsat 5 TM path/row 127/62, mangrove area estimates obtained scattered in Tuapejat Village with the whole area is 283,7410 hectares (2,8374 km2) which each spread on Kepulauan Tangah, Kepulauan Hawera, Kepulauan Pototogat and the region Tuapejat.