Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management

摘要: INTRODUCTION Forest Management Questions Remote Sensing Data and Methods Categories of Applications Organization the Book SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT Definition Sustainable Ecosystem Criteria Indicators Information Needs Managers Role ACQUISITION OF IMAGERY Field, Aerial, Satellite Imagery Characteristics Resolution Scale Aerial Platforms Sensors General Limits Airborne IMAGE CALIBRATION AND PROCESSING Georadiometric Effects Spectral Response Image Processing Systems Functionality Analysis Support Functions Extraction Understanding MODELING GIS Geographical Science Process Models Spatial Pattern Modeling CLASSIFICATION on Classes Classification for Use with Level I II III STRUCTURE ESTIMATION Structure Inventory Variables Biomass Volume Growth Assessment CHANGE DETECTION Change Harvesting Silviculture Activity Natural Disturbances in CONCLUSION The Technological Approach - Revisited References