The Use of Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Land Area with Forest Vegetation Cover in the Context of Selected Forest Definitions

编号 030031602

推送时间 20211108

研究领域 森林经理 

年份 2021 

类型 期刊 

语种 英语

标题 The Use of Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Land Area with Forest Vegetation Cover in the Context of Selected Forest Definitions

来源期刊 Forests

期 第316期

发表时间 20211029

关键词 lidar;  forest vegetation;  remote sensing;  forest definition;  reporting; 

摘要 (1) Background: Like many other countries, Poland is obliged to report forest area to the Climate Convention (UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO/UN). Differences between national and international forest definitions lead to differences between actual and reported forest area. Remote sensing is a useful tool for estimating forest area for reporting purposes. One of the most important parts of the estimation is the choice of a basal area to calculate the percentage of vegetation cover. (2) Methods: Height, crown projection area, and minimum complex area were used to classify the area with forest vegetation. Percentage canopy cover was determined using three different methods based on segmentation polygons, triangular grid and canopy height model pixels. The accuracy of the above methods was verified by manual vectorization performed on a selected set of test plots in the Milicz study area according to the international definitions. The differences were examined using three statistical metrics. (3) Conclusions: This paper compares for the first time methods for determining the area for which canopy cover is calculated (using data from (ALS) and discusses the differences between them in the context of accuracy (the correspondence between the results and the reference data) and the complexity of the process (time and effort required to perform the analysis). This is important in the context of reporting, estimating carbon stocks and biodiversity to mitigate the effects of climate change. Method 2 proved to be the most accurate method, Method 1 was found to be the worst option. Accuracy was better in the case of the Kyoto Protocol definition.

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服务院士 唐守正

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