Remote sensing for sustainable forest management / Steven E. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Steven E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable forestry--Remote sensing.

Sustainable forestry.

Forest management.

Remote sensing.

Physical Description:

407 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis, [2001]

Contents:

Forest Management Questions 1

A Technological Approach 5

Remote Sensing Data and Methods 6

Definition and Origins of Remote Sensing 8

The Experimental Method 10

The Normative Method 14

Categories of Applications of Remote Sensing 16

Growth of Remote Sensing 18

User Adoption of Remote Sensing 22

Current State of the Technological Infrastructure and Applications 25

Three Views of Remote Sensing in Forest Management 30

Organization of the Book 35

Chapter 2 Sustainable Forest Management 39

Definition of Sustainable Forest Management 39

Forestry in Crisis 42

Ecosystem Management 45

Forest Stands and Ecosystems 47

Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management 50

Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management 53

Conservation of Biological Diversity 58

Maintenance and Enhancement of Forest Ecosystem Condition and Productivity 64

Conservation of Soil and Water Resources 66

Forest Ecosystem Contributions to Global Ecological Cycles 68

Multiple Benefits of Forestry to Society 70

Accepting Society's Responsibility for Sustainable Development 71

Role of Research and Adaptive Management 72

Information Needs of Forest Managers 73

Some Views on the Way Forward 77

Role of Remote Sensing 79

Two Hard Examples 81

Chapter 3 Acquisition of Imagery 85

Field, Aerial, and Satellite Imagery 85

Data Characteristics 90

Optical Image Formation Process 91

At-Sensor Radiance and Reflectance 93

SAR Image Formation Process 95

SAR Backscatter 96

Resolution and Scale 97

Spectral Resolution 98

Spatial Resolution 98

Temporal Resolution 99

Radiometric Resolution 100

Relating Resolution and Scale 100

Aerial Platforms and Sensors 103

Aerial Photography 104

Airborne Digital Sensors 108

Multispectral Imaging 108

Hyperspectral Imaging 110

Synthetic Aperture Radar 111

Lidar 112

Satellite Platforms and SEnsors 113

General Limits in Acquisition of Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Data 117

Chapter 4 Image Calibration and Processing 121

Georadiometric Effects and Spectral Response 121

Radiometric Processing of Imagery 123

Geometric Processing of Imagery 130

Image Processing Systems and Functionality 132

Image Analysis Support Functions 137

Image Sampling 138

Image Transformations 139

Data Fusion and Visualization 143

Image Information Extraction 145

Continuous Variable Estimation 146

Image Classification 150

Modified Classification Approaches 156

Increasing Classification Accuracy 161

Image Context and Texture Analysis 166

Change Detection Image Analysis 169

Image Understanding 171

Chapter 5 Forest Modeling and GIS 177

Geographical Information Science 177

Remote Sensing and GIScience 179

GIS and Models 182

Ecosystem Process Models 184

Hydrologic Budget and Climate Data 187

Forest Covertype and LAI 191

Model Implementation and Validation 193

Spatial Pattern Modeling 195

Remote Sensing and Landscape Metrics 198

Chapter 6 Forest Classification 205

Information on Forest Classes 205

Mapping, Classification, and Remote Sensing 206

Purpose and Process of Classification 211

Classification Systems for Use with Remote Sensing Data 213

Level I Classes 217

Climatic and Physiographic Classifications 217

Large Area Landscape Classifications 219

Level II Classes 223

Structural Vegetation Types 224

Using Forest Successional Classes 232

Level III Classes 237

Species Composition 237

Ecological Communities 244

Understory Conditions 247

Chapter 7 Forest Structure Estimation 251

Information on Forest Structure 251

Forest Inventory Variables 257

Forest Cover, Crown Closure, and Tree Density 257

Canopy Characteristics on High Spatial Detail Imagery 259

Forest Age 261

Tree Height 264

Structural Indices 265

Biomass 269

Volume and Growth Assessment 276

Volume and Growth 276

Leaf Area Index (LAI) 280

Chapter 8 Forest Change Detection 287

Information on Forest Change 287

Harvesting and Silviculture Activity 293

Clearcut Areas 293

Partial Harvesting and Silviculture 298

Regeneration 301

Natural Disturbances 302

Forest Damage and Defoliation 302

Mapping Stand Susceptibility and Vulnerability 309

Fire Damage 312

Change in Spatial Structure 313

Fragmentation Analysis 314

Habitat Pattern and Biodiversity 317

The Technological Approach

Revisited 321

Understanding Pixels

Multiscale and Multiresolution 325

Aerial Photography and Complementary Information 326

Actual Measurement vs. Prediction

The Role of Models 328

Remote Sensing Research 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-391) and index.

ISBN:

1566703948

OCLC:

47250514