Journal
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
Volume 93, Issue 1-2, Pages 179-187Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.07.009
Keywords
Landsat; carbon; forest; tassled cap; harvest; age; segmentation
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Modeling of forest carbon (C) dynamics requires precise information regarding when a disturbance occur-red and the age of regeneration present. Generally, this information is obtained in the age class attribute of forest inventories; however forest inventories can become quickly outdated when disturbance events are not continuously integrated into the database. In this study, Landsat ETM+ image data and Tasseled Cap index values were used to estimate the age of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stands from the approximate time of disturbance to 20 years of regeneration. An image segmentation procedure aided the removal of pixels representative of residual forest and other noncharacteristic stand conditions within forest inventory polygons, in order to isolate the pixels representative of regenerating harvested forest. A stepwise multivariate regression procedure was used to estimate stand age for harvested areas, and an R-2 of 0.68 (with a standard error of less than 2.4 years) was computed. This transferable approach provides useful information for forest C accounting when the year of disturbance, or the age of subsequent regeneration, is required for estimating C stocks. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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