Delta water extent (remote sensing) - Wood Buffalo National Park

The Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD) is a huge wetland complex which provides important habitat for wildlife and migrating waterfowl. Remote sensing provides a way to monitor this large and remote area. A combination of optical and radar (Radarsat) satellite imagery is used along with ground truthing to map the extent of surface water, and the associated vegetation in the PAD each spring.