| Titre : |
Assessment of forest canopy vertical structure with multi - scale remote sensing : from the plot to the large area |
| Type de document : |
Thèse/HDR |
| Auteurs : |
Phil Wilkes, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Enschede [Pays Bas] : University of Twente |
| Année de publication : |
2016 |
| Collection : |
ITC Dissertation num. 280 |
| Importance : |
180 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-90-365-4038-4 |
| Note générale : |
bibliographie
Dissertation to obtain the Double-Badged Degree of Doctor at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Descripteur : |
[Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie
[Termes IGN] allométrie
[Termes IGN] canopée
[Termes IGN] données lidar
[Termes IGN] données localisées 3D
[Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres
[Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données)
[Termes IGN] ombre
[Termes IGN] placette d'échantillonnage
[Termes IGN] régression
[Termes IGN] semis de points
[Termes IGN] strate végétale
[Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier
[Termes IGN] Victoria (Australie)
|
| Index. décimale : |
33.80 Lasergrammétrie |
| Résumé : |
(auteur) The attribution of forest structure forms an integral part of international monitoring and reporting obligations with regard to sustainable forest management. Furthermore, detailed information about forest structure allows land managers and forest scientists to determine a forests ability to provide ecosystems services. Currently, forest attribution is achieved using a network of forest inventory plots that are revisited periodically. This approach comprises a sparse sample, both temporally and spatially, that may not capture variance in forest structure. This is particularly true in dynamic native forests where variability in forest structure can be high. In recent years the capability of remote sensing techniques has been realised for sustainable forest management applications. Advantages of a remote sensing approach include synoptic and high temporal coverage as well as reduced costs to the end - user. Furthermore, recent advancement in active sensors, such as Light Detection and Ranging Instruments (LiDAR) have allowed for detailed three - dimensional forest measurement of structure across large areas.
This thesis presents new metrics, techniques and acquisition specifications for the attribution of forest canopy over large areas (e.g. comprising two or more forest types where forest structure maybe unknown a priori) using active and passive remote sensing. In particular, the focus is on attributes that quantify the vertical structure of forests; canopy height and canopy vertical structure. Canopy height is a commonly measured multipurpose attribute that is utilised, for example, to estimate biomass. Attribution of the canopy height profile, although less common, is important for mapping habitat suitability, biomass and fire susceptibility. Current techniques to attribute forests tend to be tailored to a particular forest type or location and therefore application of these models across large areas is unreliable. Here the aim is to develop metrics and techniques that are transferable between different forest types and applicable to forests where there is no prior knowledge of forest structure.
Here a multi - scale remote sensing approach was taken, where plot scale measurements were upscaled to attribute large areas. Initially, existing LiDAR derived metrics applicable at the plot scale were tested at three 5 km x 5 km study areas in Victoria, Australia where forests cover a broad range of structural types. Results indicate existing metrics of canopy height were applicable across the range of forest types, for example the 95 th percentile of LiDAR derived height estimated inventory measured canopy height with a RMSE of 12% (~5 m). An existing mixture modelling technique to attribute the canopy height profile was found unsuitable when applied across heterogeneously forested landscape. This was due to the inability to parameterise the model correctly without a priori knowledge of forest structure e.g. presence or absence of shade tolerant layers. For this reason a new technique was developed utilising a nonparametric regression of LiDAR derived gap probability that generalised the canopy profile. Taking the second derivative of the regression curve identified locations within the canopy that correspond with canopy strata, this therefore allowed a dynamic attribution of canopy vertical structure. Model output was validated with a crown volume modelling approach at 24 plots, where crown models were parameterised with inventory data and allometry. Results indicate this technique can estimate the number of canopy strata with a RMSE of 0. 41 strata. Furthermore, the new technique met the transferability criteria , as a universal regression coefficient was transferable between forest types with different structural attributes.
As LiDAR acquisition that cover large areas will inevitably encounter a range of forest types, parameters for attributing canopy structure that were transferable between forest types were investigated; in particular sampling frequency. To effectively assess a range of pulse densities would require repeat capture over a study area at a range of flying heights , which would be prohibitively expensive. For this reason a new technique was developed that systematically thinned point clouds. This technique differs from previous approaches by allowing simulation of multi - return instruments as well as repeat capture of the same plot. Six sites from around Australia were utilised which covered a broad range of forest types, from open savanna to tropical rainforest. For a suite of metrics, the ability of progressively less dense point clouds ( 4 – 0. 05 pl m - 2 ) to estimate canopy structure was estimated by comparison with higher density data (10 pl m - 2 ). Results indicate that canopy structure can be adequately attributed with data captured at 0.5 pl m - 2 . When pulse densities are
Techniques derived at the plot scale were then applied to estimate canopy height across 2.9 million hectares of heterogeneous forest. Canopy height in the study area ranged from 0 – 70 m and comprised forest types from open woodland to tall closed canopy rainforest. LiDAR derived canopy height was used to t rain ensemble regression tree s (random forest) , where predictor datasets included synoptic passive optical imagery and other ancillary spatial datasets , such as Landsat TM and MODIS. Results suggest canopy height can be estimated with a RMSE of 30% (5.5 m) when validated with an independent inventory dataset. This is a similar error to that reported in previous studies for less complex forests and is within the European Space Agency target for canopy height estimation. However, model output did show a systematic error, where the height of short and tall forests were over and underestimated respectively. This was corrected by subtracting a model led estimate of error from the random forest output. Production of a canopy height map over a large area allowed for a consistent product that covered a broad range of forest types, derivation at a 30 m resolution allowed the identification of landscape features such as logging coupes. The presented technique utilised an open source computing framework as well as freely available predictor datasets to facilitate uptake of by land management agencies and forest scientists. |
| Note de contenu : |
Chapter 1 : Introduction
1.1. General introduction
1.2. Problem statement
1.3. Research questions
1.4. Thesis structure
Chapter 2 : Metrics of canopy vertical structure suitable for large area forest attribution
2.1. Introduction
2.1.1. Canopy height
2.1.2. Canopy vertical structure
2.1.3. Aims and objectives
2.2. Materials and methods
2.2.1. Study area
2.2.2. Forest inventory data
2.2.3. Airborne laser scanning data
2.3. Data processing
2.3.1. Canopy height
2.3.2. Canopy vertical structure
2.4. Results
2.4.1. Canopy height
2.4.2. Canopy height profiles
2.5. Discussion
2.6. Conclusion
Chapter 3 : Using discrete-return ALS to quantify number of canopy strata across diverse forest types
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Attributing canopy vertical structure
3.3. Application across a diverse forested landscape
3.3.1. ALS acquisition and preprocessing
3.3.2. Pgap from ALS
3.3.3. Derivation of smoothing coefficient (α)
3.3.4. Bootstrapping simulated point clouds
3.3.5. Validation with field inventory
3.4. Results and Discussion
3.4.1. Methodology evaluation
3.4.2. Validation results
3.4.3. Canopy vertical structure as an independent metric
3.5. Conclusion
Chapter 4 : Understanding the effects of ALS pulse density for metric retrieval across diverse forest types
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Method
4.2.1. Study area and data capture
4.2.2. Data processing
4.2.3. Metrics
4.3. Results
4.3.1. Canopy height
4.3.2. Canopy cover
4.3.3. Canopy vertical structure
4.3.4. Characteristics of thinned point clouds
4.4. Discussion
4.5. Conclusion
Chapter 5 : Mapping forest canopy height across large areas by upscaling ALS estimates with freely available satellite data
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Materials and methods
5.3. Results
5.3.1. Canopy height estimation
5.3.2. Validation with inventory data
5.3.3. Training and validation of random forest using smaller geographic areas
5.3.4. Simulating disparate ALS capture for training a random forest
5.4. Discussion
5.5. Conclusions
Chapter 6 : Summary and synthesis
6.1. Summary of results
6.2. Identifying trends in large area forest structure
6.3. Remote sensing in sustainable forest management: a future perspective |
| Numéro de notice : |
17249 |
| Affiliation des auteurs : |
non IGN |
| Thématique : |
FORET/IMAGERIE |
| Nature : |
Thèse étrangère |
| Note de thèse : |
PhD thesis : Remote sensing : Twente : 2016 |
| Organisme de stage : |
RMIT |
| DOI : |
sans |
| En ligne : |
http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2016/phd/wilkes.pdf |
| Format de la ressource électronique : |
URL |
| Permalink : |
https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81928 |
|  |
Ajouter le résultat dans votre panier
Visionner les documents numériques
Affiner la recherche Interroger des sources externesAssessment of forest canopy vertical structure with multi - scale remote sensing : from the plot to the large area / Phil Wilkes (2016)
Understanding the effects of ALS pulse density for metric retrieval across diverse forest types / Phil Wilkes in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, PERS, vol 81 n° 8 (August 2015)
