Deforestation and forest harvest mapping with integrated automated and manual methods : pilot study Prince George, British Columbia, Canada / D. Leckie … [et al.]. : Fo143-2/438E-PDF
The publication describes a pilot study that helped provide foundation information and insight to develop the methods used in Canada’s National Deforestation Monitoring System. All forest harvest and deforestation from 1990 to 1999 was mapped using Landsat satellite imagery for a 14,000 km2 area centred at Prince George, BC. The deforestation in the region is one of the more difficult types to map, whereas forest harvest was mostly simple rectilinear clearcuts. The pros and cons of automated classification, provincial inventory data and manual interpretation were determined and detailed accuracy assessments done. It was determined automated techniques were good for clearcuts, but insufficient for deforestation mapping. For deforestation mapping, the importance of ancillary data, high resolution imagery, quality checks, and review of deforestation events during subsequent mapping periods was demonstrated. The forest harvest and deforestation product has been and is being used to test spatially explicit carbon accounting techniques and contributed numbers to Canada’s deforestation estimates. The report is a vehicle to document an example of the detailed studies conducted to develop and prove Canada’s deforestation mapping procedures.
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Ministère/Organisme | Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Pacific Forestry Centre. |
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Titre | Deforestation and forest harvest mapping with integrated automated and manual methods : pilot study Prince George, British Columbia, Canada / D. Leckie … [et al.]. |
Titre de la série | Information report [BC-X-series] ; BC-X-438 |
Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
Langue | [Anglais] |
Format | Électronique |
Document électronique | |
Note(s) | Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-41). |
Information sur la publication | Victoria, B.C. : Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, c2016. |
Description | vii, 43 p. : ill. |
ISBN | 978-0-660-05070-6 |
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Numéro de catalogue du ministère | 36891 |
Descripteurs | Deforestation Cartography Forest management |
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