Potential of earth observation to assess the impact of climate change and extreme weather events in temperate forests—A review

M Wegler, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Temperate forests are particularly exposed to climate change and the associated increase in
weather extremes. Droughts, storms, late frosts, floods, heavy snowfalls, or changing climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Wind disturbance in forests: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review

W Gao, M Larjavaara - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Forests are susceptible to sudden disturbances, particularly those induced by wind, leading
potentially to important ecological changes and economic losses. The extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating GEDI and Landsat: Spaceborne lidar and four decades of optical imagery for the analysis of forest disturbances and biomass changes in Italy

S Francini, G D'Amico, E Vangi, C Borghi, G Chirici - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forests play a prominent role in the battle against climate change, as they absorb a relevant
part of human carbon emissions. However, precisely because of climate change, forest …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating VAIA windstorm damaged forest area in Italy using time series Sentinel-2 imagery and continuous change detection algorithms

F Giannetti, M Pecchi, D Travaglini, S Francini… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Map** forest disturbances is an essential component of forest monitoring systems both to
support local decisions and for international reporting. Between the 28 and 29 October …

[HTML][HTML] Disturbance map** in Arctic tundra improved by a planning workflow for drone studies: Advancing tools for future ecosystem monitoring

I Eischeid, EM Soininen, JJ Assmann, RA Ims… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Arctic is under great pressure due to climate change. Drones are increasingly used as a
tool in ecology and may be especially valuable in rapidly changing and remote landscapes …

[PDF][PDF] Tree stand assessment before and after windthrow based on open-access biodiversity data and aerial photography

NV Ivanova, MP Shashkov - Nat. Conserv. Res, 2022 - researchgate.net
The ground-based surveys of areas affected by storms might be difficult or even impossible
because of the limited ability to move within the damaged area. Therefore, this work was …

Mind the gaps: horizontal canopy structure affects the relationship between taxonomic and spectral diversity

V Olmo, G Bacaro, M Sigura, G Alberti… - … Journal of Remote …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Spectral diversity (SD) in reflectance can be used to estimate plant taxonomic diversity (TD)
according to the Spectral Variation Hypothesis (SVH). However, contrasting relationships …

Estimated biomass loss caused by the Vaia windthrow in Northern Italy: Evaluation of active and passive remote sensing options

G Vaglio Laurin, N Puletti, C Tattoni, C Ferrara… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Windstorms are a major disturbance factor for European forests. The 2018 Vaia storm, felled
large volumes of timber in Italy causing serious ecological and financial losses. Remote …

Forest disturbance detection via self-supervised and transfer learning with sentinel-1&2 images

RS Kuzu, O Antropov, M Molinier… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we examine the potential of leveraging self-supervised learning (SSL) and
transfer learning methodologies for forest disturbance map** using Earth Observation …

[HTML][HTML] Map** Windthrow Severity as Change in Canopy Cover in a Temperate Eucalypt Forest

N Hinko-Najera, PD Bentley, S Hislop, AC Bennett… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Storm events are significant disturbance agents that can cause considerable forest damage
through windthrow. Assessment and map** of the extent and severity of windthrow is …