Forest Change Monitoring

Bavaria-wide satellite-based geoinformation products for continuous forest change monitoring

Task 1: Detection of stand losses in the upper stand.

Develop a method to detect stand losses.
Achieve bi-weekly resolution
Improve pre-processing of satellite data

Milestone 1: Method for detecting stand losses in the upper stand at 14-day resolution developed and initial prototype products available for online deployment

Task 2: Differentiation of bare areas and standing deadwood.

Testing and identification of the suitability of spectral indices
Thresholding methods and random forest algorithms
Evaluation of accuracy

Milestone 2: Method for differentiating clearcuts and standing deadwood developed and initial prototype products available for online deployment

Task 3: Damage cause specification.

Testing of different approaches for the identification of damage causes
Investigate the suitability of additional parameters for damage cause identification

Milestone 3: Method for damage cause specification developed and first prototypical products for online provision available

Task 4: Preparation