EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP between LEAF BIOMASS of RED PINE FORESTS and ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX in South Korea USING LANDSAT-5 TM

A. Gusso, J. Lee, Y. Son, Y. M. Son

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Abstract

Research on forest carbon (C) dynamics has been undertaken due to the importance of forest ecosystems in national C inventories. Currently, the C sequestration of South Korean forests surpasses that of other countries. In South Korea, Pinus densiflora (red pine) is the most abundant tree species. Thus, understanding the growth rate and biomass evolution of red pine forest in South Korea is important for estimating the forest C dynamics. In this paper, we derived empirical relationship between foliage biomass and the no blue band enhanced vegetation index (EVI-2) profile using both field work and multi-temporal Landsat-5 TM remote sensing data to estimate the productivity of forest biomass in South Korea. Our analysis combined a set of 84 Landsat-5 TM images from 28 different dates between 1986 and 2008 to study red pine forest development over time. Field data were collected from 30 plots (0.04 ha) that were irregularly distributed over South Korea. Individual trees were harvested by destructive sampling, and the age of trees were determined by the number of tree rings. The results are realistic (R2 = 0.81, p < 0.01) and suggest that the EVI-2 index is able to adequately represent the development profile of foliage biomass in red pine forest growth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-83
Number of pages5
JournalISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Volume3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Jun 7
Event23rd International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress, ISPRS 2016 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 2016 Jul 122016 Jul 19

Keywords

  • Carbon Storage
  • Foliage Biomass
  • Multi-temporal
  • Red Pine Development
  • Tree Age
  • Vegetation Index Profile

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Instrumentation

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