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Mapping temperate forest tree species using dense Sentinel-2 time series / Jan Hemmerling in Remote sensing of environment, vol 267 (December-15 2021)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing of environment > vol 267 (December-15 2021) . - n° 112743 Titre : Mapping temperate forest tree species using dense Sentinel-2 time series Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jan Hemmerling, Auteur ; Dirk Pflugmacher, Auteur ; Patrick Hostert, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 112743 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image optique [Termes IGN] carte de la végétation [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] Europe centrale [Termes IGN] filtrage numérique d'image [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-MSI [Termes IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (auteur) Precise information on tree species composition is critical for forest management and conservation, but mapping tree species with satellite data over large areas is still a challenge. Since 2017, Sentinel-2A/B provide multi-spectral time series with global coverage at an unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. This is a new opportunity for mapping tree species over large areas that has not yet been fully explored. Because of the high spatial and temporal resolution, Sentinel-2 time series improve the characterization of vegetation phenology and canopy structure, parameters that are intrinsically linked to tree species. The objective of this study was to test the utility of a Sentinel-2 time-series based approach for mapping tree species in a temperate forest region in Central Europe. Using stand-wise forest inventory data for single species stands we assess how well main and minor tree species can be mapped, and if the addition of environmental variables and spatial texture metrics improves the classification accuracy. Our time series approach utilizes all available Sentinel-2 observations and an ensemble of radial basis convolution filters to build cloud-free 5-day time series for each spectral band. The time series are then used as input features to classify seventeen tree species. Our results show the potential of Sentinel-2 time-series based classification, but they also show the challenges associated with mapping a diverse portfolio of tree species. Accuracy of the nine main species, with an area proportion greater than 0.5%, ranged between 98.9% and 66.8%, which is promising for a large area. Adding detailed environmental data and texture metrics to the spectral model only marginally increased the accuracy of a few minor tree species. Overall, the eight minor tree species with area proportions less than 0.5% were most strongly affected by classification errors. Although the absolute mapped area of minor species correlated well with the estimated reference area, the small class areas of minor species lead to high classification errors in relative terms. Mapping minor tree species is challenging for statistical reasons (i.e., class imbalance, small sample size and class variance). Using all available Sentinel-2 data allows building dense time series at high spatial resolution that are mandatory for improved tree species mapping. We were able to show that the spectral time series is the prime explanatory information, even when complementing our analyses with texture information and various environmental data. The results suggest that with the applied data harmonization approach precise regional tree species mapping is feasible. Numéro de notice : A2021-939 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112743 Date de publication en ligne : 13/10/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112743 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99748 [article]

Using Landsat time series for characterizing forest disturbance dynamics in the coupled human and natural systems of Central Europe / Cornelius Senf in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 130 (August 2017)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing > vol 130 (August 2017) . - pp 453 - 463 Titre : Using Landsat time series for characterizing forest disturbance dynamics in the coupled human and natural systems of Central Europe Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Cornelius Senf, Auteur ; Dirk Pflugmacher, Auteur ; Patrick Hostert, Auteur ; Rupert Seidl, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 453 - 463 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] aire protégée [Termes IGN] Allemagne [Termes IGN] analyse spatio-temporelle [Termes IGN] Autriche [Termes IGN] dynamique spatiale [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] Europe centrale [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] habitat forestier [Termes IGN] image Landsat [Termes IGN] interaction homme-milieu [Termes IGN] milieu naturel [Termes IGN] parc naturel national [Termes IGN] placette d'échantillonnage [Termes IGN] Pologne [Termes IGN] République Tchèque [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] Slovaquie [Termes IGN] sylviculture Résumé : (Auteur) Remote sensing is a key information source for improving the spatiotemporal understanding of forest ecosystem dynamics. Yet, the mapping and attribution of forest change remains challenging, particularly in areas where a number of interacting disturbance agents simultaneously affect forest development. The forest ecosystems of Central Europe are coupled human and natural systems, with natural and human disturbances affecting forests both individually and in combination. To better understand the complex forest disturbance dynamics in such systems, we utilize 32-year Landsat time series to map forest disturbances in five sites across Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia. All sites consisted of a National Park and the surrounding forests, reflecting three management zones of different levels of human influence (managed, protected, strictly protected). This allowed for a comparison of spectral, temporal, and spatial disturbance patterns across a gradient from natural to coupled human and natural disturbances. Disturbance maps achieved overall accuracies ranging from 81% to 93%. Disturbance patches were generally small, with 95% of the disturbances being smaller than 10 ha. Disturbance rates ranged from 0.29% yr−1 to 0.95% yr−1, and differed substantially among management zones and study sites. Natural disturbances in strictly protected areas were longer in duration (median of 8 years) and slightly less variable in magnitude compared to human-dominated disturbances in managed forests (median duration of 1 year). However, temporal dynamics between natural and human-dominated disturbances showed strong synchrony, suggesting that disturbance peaks are driven by natural events affecting managed and unmanaged areas simultaneously. Our study demonstrates the potential of remote sensing for mapping forest disturbances in coupled human and natural systems, such as the forests of Central Europe. Yet, we also highlight the complexity of such systems in terms of agent attribution, as many natural disturbances are modified by management responding to them outside protected areas. Numéro de notice : A2017-520 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.07.004 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.07.004 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86482 [article]

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