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New Technology

New Technology. How is FIA integrating new technological developments such as remote sensing? Ken Brewer Washington Office. FIA Strategic Plan: January 2007. New Technology: “Integrating new technology is critical to the efficient delivery of the FIA program.”. New Technology:.

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  1. USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center Forest Inventory and Analysis New Technology How is FIA integrating new technological developments such as remote sensing? Ken Brewer Washington Office

  2. FIA Strategic Plan: January 2007 New Technology: “Integrating new technology is critical to the efficient delivery of the FIA program.”

  3. New Technology: • Team with USGS to improve accuracy of National Land Cover Data (NLCD) forest cover mapping…..Technology partnership with Multi-Resolution Land Characterization Consortium (MRLC) for NLCD • Technology partnerships with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

  4. NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2001 General modeling approach = Response developed by classifying Tree crown cover on high resolution Imagery for 3-4, 1-4 km2 sampling chips per Landsat scene. Fig. from Homer et al. 2007 Model developed using regression tree (random forest) algorithm

  5. NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2001 General modeling approach = Response developed by photo Interpreting Tree crown cover on NAIP Imagery for ~4160 8100m2 sampling chips per Landsat scene. Fig. from Homer et al. 2007 Example modelling techniques Random forest algorithm K nearest neighbor imputation Support vector machines

  6. NLCD Pilot Study Areas 4x Intensity Photo-based Sample Locations 105 photo points to estimate % tree canopy cover for model development

  7. North American Forest Dynamics Project • NASA funded project designed to characterize disturbance patterns and recovery rates of forests across the continent. • Goal: Determine the role of forest dynamics in North American carbon balance • Uses FIA data for validation and training

  8. Landsat NBR Burn Severity Pre-fire dNBR Difference Fire Perimeter Post-fire Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity Project • MTBS characterizes burn severity on all large fires in CONUS, AK, HI, PR • All ownerships • Historical (since 1984) • Landsat-based, 30m resolution • Jointly implemented by USFS (RSAC) and USGS (EROS) • Interagency sponsorship by WFLC • FIA data used for estimates

  9. Dimensions of Change Temporal Spatial

  10. MTLCC Workshop Recommendation • Hierarchical approach using multiple datasets: • MODIS data • Landsat data • NAIP & DOQ data • FIA field data

  11. NASA-RSAC-FIA Inventory UAS Mission

  12. Automated Image Acquisition Yellow points = Plots Red points = Images

  13. High Resolution Imagery 16 Band Multi-spectral

  14. Takeoff Unsuccessful

  15. Questions? USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center Forest Inventory and Analysis

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