This technical presentation from World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) scientist Thomas Gumbricht demonstrates four elements of using remote sensing as a landscape inventory tool.
This presentation formed part of the CRP6 Sentinel Landscape planning workshop held on 30 September – 1 October 2011 at CIFOR’s headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia. Further information on CRP6 and Sentinel Landscapes can be accessed from http://www.cifor.org/crp6/ and http://www.cifor.org/fileadmin/subsites/crp/CRP6-Sentinel-Landscape-workplan_2011-2014.pdf respectively.
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Remote sensing as landscape inventory tool
1. Remote Sensing as
landscape inventory tool
Thomas Gumbricht (ICRAF)
Thomas Gumbricht
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
2. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Ecotope
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Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
3. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Patch and hillslope
Thomas Gumbticht
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
4. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Basin
Thomas Gumbticht
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
5. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Continental
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6. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) – sentinel sites
Thomas Gumbticht
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7. PART 1 – A hierarchical approach
Sentinel site
design
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8. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Monitoring vegetation annual phenology
from time series of satellite imagery
Thomas Gumbticht
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
9. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Deriving vegetation density data form satellite data – basic principles
10. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Method: Capturing the raw data
To do phenology studies requires a large amount of input data. At HQ we are
using an automated FTP engine (Expect) to search the MODIS Data Pool
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/get_data/data_pool
For the data we need.
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11. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Cleaning and smoothing the annual time-series
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
12. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Extracting annual phenology
For the annual vegetation phenology, we extract 11 indexes:
1. The annual average vegetation density
2. The annual maximum vegetation density
3. The annual minimum vegetation density
4. The annual limit for vegetation green up
5. The accumulated vegetation growth over the growing season(s)
6. The incremental vegetation growth over the growing seasons(s)
7. The length of the growing season(s)
8. The length of the green up phase of the growing season
9. The annual day of year for the start of the first growing season
10. The annual day of year for the peak of the vegetation density
11. The number of growing seasons
The first three indexes are based on the total annual vegetation cycle. The limit for
vegetation green up is calculated per annum, and based on a ratio definition:
EVIratio = (EVI - EVImin)/(EVImax – EVImin),
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
13. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Method: Extracting annual phenology
The annual average vegetation density
The annual maximum vegetation density
Annual average vegetation density Annual maximum vegetation density
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
14. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Method: Extracting annual phenology
The annual day of year for the start of the first growing season
The annual day of year for the peak of the vegetation density
Length of growing season Length of greening up period
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011
15. PART 2 – phenology monitoring
Method: Land use and land cover mapping
The phenology data generated from annual time series of satellite images
can be used for mapping land cover and land use. The phenology curve can
be be used to differentiate vegetation types that can not be distinguished in a
single scene of multi-spectral image data. I.e. Forests of different types, as
well as grasslands and various agricultural crops have different phenology.
To actual classify land use and land cover from phenology, we need to
develop a library of typical phenology patterns. For this we need to develop
field surveys or use phenology patterns reported in the literature.
16. Other indexes that could be used for analyzing annual variations like phenology
Rainfall (can be obtained from a combination of station data and Remote Sensing)
Temperature (available from the MODIS sensor)
Surface wetness (index can be generated from MODIS reflectance and emissivity data)
Sentinel landscapes, CIFOR 2011