Regional Scale Forest Mapping with Medium Resolution Satellite

Minimum set of information includes:
Forest cover
Dominant tree species
Age of the upper canopy
Productivity / growing stock estimation

Options for the forest cover and tree species:
Modis data (like UMD TreeCover) +
official forest survey data (lesoustroistvo)
Landsat TM/ETM+ classification
IRS-P6 AWiFS classification

Example of Landsat ETM+

dark coniferous (spruce, fir)
pine
mixed deciduous – dark coniferous
deciduous (birch, aspen)
cleacuts
fire scars
...and its classification by tree species

IRS-P6 AWiFS

Retrospective data allow age classification
~2000
Landsat ETM+
GLCF
~1990
Landsat TM
GLCF
~1980
Landsat MSS
GLCF
2007
Landsat TM
IRS-P6 AWiFS
ScanEx
<1980
clearcuts in
Landsat MSS
Change
detection
MSS-TM
Change
detection
TM-ETM+
Change
detection
ETM+-AWiFS
MSS
classification

Landsat MSS (~1980)

Landsat TM (~1990)

Change detection MSS-TM

Landsat TM (~1990)

Landsat ETM+ (~2000)

Change TM-ETM+

Logging of 1980-2000

Productivity / growing stock
is still a problem
NDVI in combination with official data?
Radar data for sparse forests?
Landsat imagery classification in combination with ground data
(kNN-method)?

Kirov Oblast Mapping (2004-2006)
~2000
Landsat ETM+
GLCF
~1990
Landsat TM
GLCF
~1980
Landsat MSS
GLCF
2007
Landsat TM
IRS-P6 AWiFS
ScanEx
<1980
clearcuts in
Landsat MSS
Change
detection
MSS-TM
Change
detection
TM-ETM+
Change
detection
ETM+-AWiFS
MSS
classification
+ Landsat ETM+ classification
for tree species

European Russia Mapping (2006-2007)
~2000
Landsat ETM+
GLCF
~1990
Landsat TM
GLCF
~1980
Landsat MSS
GLCF
2006
Modis
<1980
clearcuts in
Landsat MSS
Change
detection
MSS-TM
Change
detection
TM-ETM+
Change
detection
Modis 2001-2006
MSS
classification
+ UMD Treecover
Forest of the USSR (1990)
Modis classification (Bartalev et al.)

European Russia Mapping (plans for 2008)
~2000
Landsat ETM+
GLCF
~1990
Landsat TM
GLCF
~1980
Landsat MSS
GLCF
2007
Landsat TM
IRS-P6 AWiFS
ScanEx
<1980
clearcuts in
Landsat MSS
Change
detection
MSS-TM
Change
detection
TM-ETM+
Change
detection
ETM+-AWiFS
MSS
classification
+ IRS-P6 AWiFS classification
for tree species

Logging sustainability
Planting
Natural reforestation
clearcuts
selective logging
forest fires
pest outbreaks
Forest resources
Economically unavailable
forests:
remote areas;
low-productive stands; environmental limitations;
protected areas

MSS-TM-ETM+ change detection
Northern Kirov Oblast

Lamdsat MSS, ~1980

Landsat TM, ~1990

Landsat ETM+, ~2000

non-forest areas
clearcuts 1990 – 2000
ther forest
clearcuts 1980-1990

non-forest areas
clearcuts 1980 – 2000 гг.
other forest

non-forest lands
clearcuts 1980 – 2000
other forest
old coniferous