RMA Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing Team USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station Use of airborne laser scanning (LIDAR) as a tool for forest measurement and monitoring: use and potential Steve Reutebuch Hans-Erik Andersen Bob McGaughey Demetrios Gatziolis Resource Monitoring & Assessment Program Vegetation Monitoring & Remote Sensing Team USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
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RMA Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing TeamUSDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
Use of airborne laser scanning (LIDAR) as a tool for forest measurement and monitoring:
use and potential
Steve Reutebuch Hans-Erik Andersen Bob McGaughey Demetrios Gatziolis
Resource Monitoring & Assessment ProgramVegetation Monitoring & Remote Sensing Team
USDA Forest ServicePNW Research Station
RMA Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing TeamUSDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
LIDAR—what is it?
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) Uses laser light to measure distance
Different detection approaches Time of flight Phase difference
Hundreds of applications
In natural resources, 3 LIDAR types are widely available
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Widely available LIDAR
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)
Primarily used in engineering Some use in forestry research
scanning plots or individual trees and logs
RMA Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing TeamUSDA Forest Service PNW Research Station
Widely available LIDAR
NASA IceSAT satellite LIDAR Global- and continental-scale
forest canopy height and biomass estimates
70 m diameter footprint 175 meters spacing
Difficult to remove topographic effects on canopy heights
Operational 2003-2009 IceSAT-2 launch 2016 ???
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Widely available LIDAR
Airborne laser scanning (ALS)
Routinely flown commercially over large areas
Large vendor pool Mature mission specs &
deliverables Mature software to process data Many state and federal partners
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ALS LIDAR data uses
Topographic mapping of bare earth surface—primary use
Infrastructure mapping—still developing Vegetation measurement and mapping—
still developing, with operational uses
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National review of ALS LIDAR data needs
USGS National Digital Elevation Program:
Enhanced Elevation Data Requirements Study Funded: USGS, FEMA, NRCS, NGA (DOD) FY10-12: Conduct study FY13: Initiate enhanced elevation data collection Primary use: update bare earth surface models USGS study recognizes many other uses
130,000 sq miles of data with ARRA funds
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USGS recognized uses of LIDAR
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2010 State LIDAR efforts
8 states have statewide LIDAR programs North Carolina, Louisiana, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa 8 states have program initiatives
Florida, Texas, New York, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, South Carolina, Mississippi
Many more projects areas have been flown ~25% of the conterminous US already has LIDAR
collected Unknown amount of private forest coverage
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2010 Oregon LIDAR Consortium
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2010 Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium
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Not all LIDAR data are the same
Things that affect LIDAR data for forest measurements:
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LIDAR used in forest measurement
When “wall-to-wall” LIDAR coverage is available 2 types of measurements can be made:
1. Forest layers computed solely from the LIDAR
2. Inventory layers predicted from regression models or imputation methods using LIDAR and well measured ground plots
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1– Layers computed solely from the LIDAR point cloud—obvious ones
Canopy surface model Bare earth model
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3-ft bare earth model3-ft canopy surface model1:12,000 aerial photo
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Layers computed solely from the LIDAR point cloud—obvious ones
Bare earth model
Canopy surface model
Canopy height model(Canopy surface minus ground surface)
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3-ft resolution canopy height model
Buildings
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Layers computed solely from the LIDAR point cloud—obvious ones
Bare earth model
Canopy surface model
Canopy height model
Canopy cover model
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% Canopy Cover (0.1 acre pixels)
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Layers computed solely from the LIDAR point cloud—obvious ones
Bare earth model
Canopy surface model
Canopy height model
Canopy cover model
Intensity image from 1st returns
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1.5-ft resolution intensity image
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Layers computed solely from the LIDAR point cloud—not so obvious
Variance, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, etc. of the canopy
Mean, min, max, percentile heights of the canopy
Density of the canopy
Forest / non-forest mask
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Standard Deviation of Canopy Height
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LIDAR used in forest measurement
When “wall-to-wall” coverage is available 2 types of measurements can be made:
1. Forest layers computed solely from the LIDAR
2. Inventory layers predicted from regression models or imputation methods using LIDAR and well measured ground plots
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WARNINGS !!!
Can’t get species information from the LIDAR data
In some cases, can get: Deciduous vs non-deciduous Live crowns vs dead crowns
Can’t get understory, down wood, etc. Not all LIDAR is the same:
Changes in LIDAR sensors, sensor settings, and flight parameters can change results
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MORE WARNINGS !!!!!
Most difficult part of a LIDAR project is:Getting good ground plot data:
1. Matched with regards to geographic position to an accuracy ~ equal to the LIDAR horizontal accuracy (~+/- 1m)
2. Matched with regard to the primary element being measured—large enough to minimize plot edge effect, but small enough to characterize tree size differences within plots (~0.1 – 0.2 ac circular plot)
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MORE WARNINGS !!!!! (cont.)
Most difficult part of a LIDAR project is:Getting good ground plot data:
3. Matched in time of measurement--generally within 1-2 yrs of LIDAR acquisition
4. Matched in what’s measured by the LIDAR and on the plot—all stems that make up a significant portion of the above ground canopy—generally down to a 7-10 cm DBH lower limit, including all species
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Examples of layers predicted from regression models
Sherman Pass Scenic Byway Colville National Forest 100,000 acres flown in 2008
74 1/10th acre plots used to develop LIDAR inventory regressions measured in 2008
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