Development of a method for monitoring of insect induced forest defoliation – limitation of MODIS data in fennoscandian forest landscapes

Silva Fennica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Olsson, Per Ola ^a   Kantola, Tuula ^b   Lyytikäinen Saarenmaa, Päivi ^c   Jönsson, Anna Maria ^a   Eklundh, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coarse resolution; EVI2; Insect defoliation detection; Remote sensing; Sentinel 2; Z score

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

2-BAND ENHANCED VEGETATION INDICES; BETULA PUBESCENS SSP. CZEREPANOVII; DISTURBANCE DETECTION; EVI2; INSECT DEFOLIATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS GRAPHS; SENTINEL-2; Z-SCORES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MODIS; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; SENTINEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION INDEX;

FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; DIPRION PINI; DIPRIONIDAE; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NEODIPRION SERTIFER; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84957827933     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 22424075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.1495     Document Type: Article

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