Regrowth forest Regrowth 1 HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS > mean of the forest class 75 to Mean of forest class 35 – 75 < 35 HCS HCS HCS Non HCS HDF LDF YRF S Fallow/Shrub Fallow/Shrub 1 HCS LDF 2 HCS YRF 3 Non HCS 75 to Mean of forest class 35 – 75 < 35 HCS HCS Non HCS LDF YRF S Bare/open land Bare/open land Non HCS OL Other Non HCS Other Non HCS Landcover Attributes for HCS Classification? Land use analysis of the surroundings of the concession, in order to assist socioeconomic studies and the impact of the concession on the greater landscape. Ancillary data also to be incorporated such as settlements, roads, protected areas etc. Vegetation Description Attributes
estimated carbon values), and further refine the classification in order to create the land cover map from which the potential HCS forest areas are delineated. Appendix A: An overview of satellite options Satellite Name Overview Spatial Resolution (m) Temporal Resolution Image capture dates Cost per scene (USD) Available Bands Size of images Comments Landsat 7 US government’s earth-observing satellite missions, jointly managed by NASA and the US Geological Survey. Band designations include: Scanner (MSS) Thematic Mapper (TM) Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Since 2003, Landsat 7 image data have been affected by a stripping problem that reduces the quality of these images. 30m 16 days April 1999 – Present Free 8 Bands: 1) 0.45 - 0.515 30m 2) 0.525 - 0.605 30m 3) 0.63 - 0.69 30m 4) 0.75 - 0.90 30m 5) 1.55 - 1.75 30m 6) 10.40 - 12.5 60m 170km by 183km
9) 30 m 10) 10.6-11.2 100 m 11 100 m Radarsat 2 Although data does not have infrared band, it has other important backscattering information. It is also able to penetrate through cloud cover and operate day and night. However, the data processing is more tedious as compared to optical 3m – 100m* 24 days Dec 2007 - Present $3,300 – $7,700 C Band SAR & Receive Channel: 5405.0000 MHz (assigned bandwidth 100,540 kHz) Radar data lacks an infrared band and therefore requires additional care to classify different vegetation classes. SPOT-5 Satellite network run by the French Space Agency. 2.5m to 10m 24 days $1,500 - $2,500 5 bands Panchromatic (450 – 745 nm) 60km by 60km
Blue (450 – 525 nm) Green (530 – 590 nm) Red (625 – 695 nm) Near-infrared (760 – 890 nm) ALOS (AVNIR-2, PRISM) 10 m 46 days Jan 2006 – May 2011 1270 MHz Polarization HH+VV Quickbird http://glcf.umd.edu/data/ 2.4m 4 days 2001 - Present •Multispectral 1=Blue 3=Red 4=NIR Pan 16.5km x16.5km
RapidEye 5m 5.5 days 2009 $1.5 / km2 1) 440 – 510 nm (Blue) 2) 520 – 590 nm 3) 630 – 685 nm (Red) 4) 690 – 730 nm (Red Edge) 5) 760 – 850 nm (Near IR) 25km x 25 km IKONOS http://geofuse.geoeye.com/landing/ 4m 14 days 2000- 1 (Blue) 2 (Green) 3 (Red) 4 (Near-IR) 14km by 14km Sentinel-1 (Detail) Although radar data does not have infrared band, it has other important backscattering information. It is also 5 m*5m 5m*20m 20m*40m 5m*5m 12 days April 2014 - Present Free C band 80 Km 250 Km 400 Km 20X20 Km Stripmap Mode Mode Extra wide Mode
able to penetrate through cloud cover and operate day and night. However, the data processing is relatively more tedious compared to optical data. Data be acquired at different modes such as Stripmap, Interferometric Wide swath, Extra wide swath and Wave Level-1 SLC, Level-1 GRD, Level-2 OCN Data Products are available for ready to use. PolinSAR is a promising emerging technique for a diverse range of classification applications by deriving canopy height and analysing the large amount of information it contains. Wave Mode PolinSAR 2015 Biomass workshop is to explore 0.50 meter GSD at Nadir 0.55 meter GSD at 20˚ off-nadir 1.7 days at 1 meter GSD or Less 5.9 days at 20˚ or less 0.51 meter GSD 2007 to Present Panchromatic 17.6 KM at Nadir 17.6 km X 14 Km or 246,4 Maximum view or Accessible Ground Swath 60Km by 110 Km
vehicles (UAVs) It is very good tool for monitoring changes of an area. Note that in some only certified pilots may use this technology. Several multirotors UAV and fixed wing drone should be explored by analysts, as the UAV technology is changing fast. 700 images per single flight 10 sq.km per 45 minutes per single flight Processing time is 12 per 100 images @ ~800 USD per working day visible camera Near infrared with near infrared camera Microwave or SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar ERS, ENVISAT (retired) and Sentinel-1, launched in April 2014 Old archives of ERS and ENVISATS are available until 2012 Sentinel-1: 20m Resolution Sentinel-1: 12 days revisit Sentinel-1: April 2014 Sentinel-1: Free download with Registration Sentinel-1: C-Band SAR 250 KM Swath