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Semi-automated mapping of rock in the North Sea 2016

Abstract

This report describes the results from a semi-automated approach to the mapping of bedrock outcropping at the seabed.

Summary

It represents the second phase of this work, following development and initial application of the approach in the Western Channel (CP2 region 3) and Celtic Sea (CP2 region 4) (Diesing et al 2015).

As described previously (Diesing et al 2015), the method consists of two elements, namely:

  1. the automated spatial prediction of the presence and absence of rock at the seabed using a random forest ensemble model, and;

  2. manual editing of the model outputs based on ancillary geological data and expert knowledge.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2016·07·01

Citation
Downie, A.L., Dove, D., Westhead, R.K., Diesing, M., Green, S.L. & Cooper, R., (2016), Semi-automated mapping of rock in the North Sea, JNCC Report No. 592, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

Lineage
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has a responsibility for reporting on the status of the UK’s reefs, which is a habitat defined under Annex I of the Habitats Directive.

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2019·07·19

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

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