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Book A Remote Sensing Technique for Detection and Evaluation of Population Trends of Pine infesting Bark Beetles of the Genus Dendroctonus  Coleoptera  Scolytidae  in West Side Sierra Nevada Forests of California

Download or read book A Remote Sensing Technique for Detection and Evaluation of Population Trends of Pine infesting Bark Beetles of the Genus Dendroctonus Coleoptera Scolytidae in West Side Sierra Nevada Forests of California written by Jule Allan Caylor and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring written by Samy Ismail Elmahdy and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advancements in object-based image analysis, commercial high-resolution satellite sensors, and unmanned aerial vehicles, there is growing interest in studying terrestrial, pollution, catastrophe, and ocean dynamics using a range of high-resolution remote sensing data (UAV). High and extremely high-resolution optical and microwave images enable the extraction of more information from a variety of resource management domains, including agriculture, forestry, geological resources, water resources, cryosphere, atmosphere, and analytics for climate change. Researchers have started utilizing advanced techniques for fine-level information extraction, new sensors and platforms, improved quantification, and characterization of physical environments, patterns, and processes. High-quality articles addressing the use and application of remote sensing in environmental studies will be published in this Research Topic.

Book Medicine Bow Routt National Forests  N F    Bark Beetle Analysis

Download or read book Medicine Bow Routt National Forests N F Bark Beetle Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fusion of Sentinel 1B and Sentinel 2B Data for Forest Disturbance Mapping

Download or read book Fusion of Sentinel 1B and Sentinel 2B Data for Forest Disturbance Mapping written by Nathan S. Gerrells and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Since 2010 approximately 129 million trees in California have been killed by bark beetle attacks. The detection and mapping of bark beetle infestations is an important component for monitoring overall forest health and sustainability. Using remote sensing techniques and European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery, bark beetle infestation in the southern Sierra Nevada range were mapped. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery was co-registered with Sentinel-2 multispectral imagery and the machine learning algorithms Random Forest and Support Vector Machines were utilized in a supervised classification scheme on two user generated training and validation data samples. The observed accuracy for this analysis ranged from 79.1% to 88.7%. As climate change intensifies, it can be expected that the extent and severity of epidemic bark beetle mortality will continue to spread in western North America. The investigation of bark beetle outbreaks and subsequent impacts is an important component to monitoring overall forest health and sustainability.

Book Nonvisual Remote Sensing of Trees Affected by Stress

Download or read book Nonvisual Remote Sensing of Trees Affected by Stress written by George S. Puritch and published by Canadian Forestry Service. This book was released on 1981 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operationalization of Remote Sensing Solutions for Sustainable Forest Management

Download or read book Operationalization of Remote Sensing Solutions for Sustainable Forest Management written by Gintautas Mozgeris and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great potential of remote sensing technologies for operational use in sustainable forest management is addressed in this book, which is the reprint of papers published in the Remote Sensing Special Issue “Operationalization of Remote Sensing Solutions for Sustainable Forest Management”. The studies come from three continents and cover multiple remote sensing systems (including terrestrial mobile laser scanning, unmanned aerial vehicles, airborne laser scanning, and satellite data acquisition) and a diversity of data processing algorithms, with a focus on machine learning approaches. The focus of the studies ranges from identification and characterization of individual trees to deriving national- or even continental-level forest attributes and maps. There are studies carefully describing exercises on the case study level, and there are also studies introducing new methodologies for transdisciplinary remote sensing applications. Even though most of the authors look forward to continuing their research, nearly all studies introduced are ready for operational use or have already been implemented in practical forestry.

Book Remote Sensing for Sustainability

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Sustainability written by Qihao Weng and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by the societal needs and improvement in sensor technology and image processing techniques, remote sensing has become an essential geospatial tool for understanding the Earth and managing Human-Earth interactions. Remote Sensing for Sustainability introduces the current state of the art remote sensing knowledge integral for monitoring the world’s natural resources and environments, managing exposure to natural disasters and man-made risks, and helping understand the sustainability and productivity of natural ecosystems. Bridging the gap between remote sensing and sustainability science this book examines theories and methods as well as practical applications of sustainable development for cities using remote sensing; focuses on remote sensing methods and techniques for sustainable natural resources with emphasize on forests; answers questions on how and what the remote sensing methods and techniques can do for the sustainability of environmental systems; and examines the issues of energy use and sustainable energy sources using remote sensing technology in countries such as Germany, China, the U.S, drawing on case studies to demonstrate the applicability of remote sensing techniques. This comprehensive guide, which can serve to professors, researchers, and students alike, takes in consideration the United Nations set of sustainable development goals and intends to contribute to the GEO’s Strategic Plan by addressing and exemplifying a number of societal benefit areas of remote sensing data sets, methods, and techniques for sustainable development.

Book Remote Sensing in the Survey of Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts

Download or read book Remote Sensing in the Survey of Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts written by Michael Albert Wulder and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long Term Ecological Research

Download or read book Long Term Ecological Research written by Felix Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected, provoking a lack of information and methodological know-how in this area. This book fills this gap by focusing on studies dealing with the investigation of complex, long-term ecological processes with regard to global change, the development of early warning systems, and the acquisition of a scientific basis for strategic conservation management and the sustainable use of ecosystems. Within this book, theoretical ecological questions of long-term processes, as well as an international dimension of long-term monitoring, observations and research are brought together. The outcome is an overview on different aspects of long-term ecological research. Aquatic, as well as terrestrial ecosystems are represented.

Book Linking Survey Detection Accuracy with Ability to Mitigate Populations of Mountain Pine Beetle

Download or read book Linking Survey Detection Accuracy with Ability to Mitigate Populations of Mountain Pine Beetle written by S. Coggins and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the period 1999 to 2006, the mountain pine beetle impacted an estimated 10.1 million hectares of pine forest in British Columbia, Canada. Surveys to detect the location, size, and impact of infestations are conducted from field, airborne, and satellite perspectives. Importantly, the differing survey approaches characterize the infestation over dissimilar spatial scales (i.e., trees, stands, landscapes), and with varying levels of detection accuracy. In this report, the authors provide background for understanding differing survey approaches, the nature of the information generated, the resultant detection accuracies that may be expected, and the link between survey accuracy and the ability to mitigate a given mountain pine beetle infestation.--Document.

Book Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation  Second Edition  Four Volume Set

Download or read book Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Second Edition Four Volume Set written by Prasad S. Thenkabail and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 1637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by leading global experts, including pioneers in the field, the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition, reviews existing state-of-the-art knowledge, highlights advances made in different areas, and provides guidance for the appropriate use of hyperspectral data in the study and management of agricultural crops and natural vegetation. Volume I, Fundamentals, Sensor Systems, Spectral Libraries, and Data Mining for Vegetation introduces the fundamentals of hyperspectral or imaging spectroscopy data, including hyperspectral data processes, sensor systems, spectral libraries, and data mining and analysis, covering both the strengths and limitations of these topics. Volume II, Hyperspectral Indices and Image Classifications for Agriculture and Vegetation evaluates the performance of hyperspectral narrowband or imaging spectroscopy data with specific emphasis on the uses and applications of hyperspectral narrowband vegetation indices in characterizing, modeling, mapping, and monitoring agricultural crops and vegetation. Volume III, Biophysical and Biochemical Characterization and Plant Species Studies demonstrates the methods that are developed and used to study terrestrial vegetation using hyperspectral data. This volume includes extensive discussions on hyperspectral data processing and how to implement data processing mechanisms for specific biophysical and biochemical applications such as crop yield modeling, crop biophysical and biochemical property characterization, and crop moisture assessments. Volume IV, Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation discusses the use of hyperspectral or imaging spectroscopy data in numerous specific and advanced applications, such as forest management, precision farming, managing invasive species, and local to global land cover change detection.

Book Working Paper  Monitoring Tree level Insect Population Dynamics with Multi scale and Multi source Remote Sensing

Download or read book Working Paper Monitoring Tree level Insect Population Dynamics with Multi scale and Multi source Remote Sensing written by Michael A. Wulder and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term monitoring of the rate of change of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) populations requires detailed tree-level information over large areas. This information is used to assess the status of an infestation (e.g., increasing, stable, or decreasing), and to select and evaluate mitigation approaches. In this research project, the authors develop and demonstrate a prototype monitoring system, which enables the extrapolation of tree-level estimates of beetle damage from field data to a larger study area using a double sampling approach, and multi-scale, multi-source, high spatial resolution remotely sensed data. The project study area encompasses over 6 million ha and is located at the leading edge of an ongoing mountain pine beetle epidemic along the provincial border between British Columbia and Alberta, within the Dawson Creek Timber Supply Area (TSA) of British Columbia and the Northwest Boreal Forest Management Unit in Alberta.--Document.

Book Abr  g   Des Publications

Download or read book Abr g Des Publications written by Canadian Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Assessment and Response to Bark Beetle Outbreaks in the Rocky Mountain Area

Download or read book Assessment and Response to Bark Beetle Outbreaks in the Rocky Mountain Area written by United States. Forest Health Protection and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analyzing Red and Gray Stages of Bark Beetle Attack in the San Bernardino National Forest Using Remote Sensing

Download or read book Analyzing Red and Gray Stages of Bark Beetle Attack in the San Bernardino National Forest Using Remote Sensing written by Andy J. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) has experienced periods of high, concentrated bark beetle epidemics in the late 1990’s and into the 2000’s. This increased activity has caused huge amounts of forest loss, resulting from disease introduced by bark beetles. Using remote sensing techniques and Landsat Thematic Mapper 5 (TM5) imagery, the spread of bark beetle diseased trees is mapped over a period from 1998 to 2008. Acreage of two attack stages (red and gray) were calculated from a level sliced classification method developed on data training sites. In each image using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is the driver of forest health classifications. The results of the analysis are classification maps for each year, red acreage estimated for each study year, and gray attack acreage estimated for each study year. Additionally, for the period of 2001–2004, acreage was compared to those reported by the USDA with a thirteen percent lower mortality total in comparison to USDA federal land and a thirty-two percent lower total mortality (federal and non-federal) land in the SBNF.

Book The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing

Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing written by Timothy A Warner and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote sensing acquires and interprets small or large-scale data about the Earth from a distance. Using a wide range of spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric scales remote sensing is a large and diverse field for which this Handbook will be the key research reference. Illustrated throughout, an essential resource for the analysis of remotely sensed data, The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing provides researchers with a definitive statement of the core concepts and methodologies in the discipline.