Progress and Trends in Forest Monitoring

Curtis Woodcock, Boston University, curtis@bu.edu (Presenter)

It has been an exciting year with respect to forest monitoring, and there is much to report. We are beginning to see the full impact of the change in data policy for Landsat. There are exciting new forest monitoring results at national and global scales. There is a clear trend toward increased characterization of uncertainty in forest monitoring. The use of time series is emerging as a powerful approach for monitoring forests, including more subtle changes due to growth and decline. Time series analysis is also supporting new kinds of forest monitoring related to the effects of climate, such as trends in greenness and shifts in phenology. There are exciting new missions that will contribute significantly to forest monitoring. We are just beginning to see the benefits associated with Landsat 8, and they promise to be substantial. Additionally, Sentinels 1 and 2 will provide high temporal frequency of valuable observations. NISAR and Landsat 9 are also under development and will improve our forest monitoring capabilities.

Presentation: 2015_Apr22_AM_Woodcock_33.pptx (51141k)

Presentation Type:  Plenary Talk

Session:  Theme 4: Human influence on global ecosystems

Presentation Time:  Wed 11:06 AM  (18 minutes)