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Infestation Investigation
Pitch tubes
Crown fading
Piles of boring dust
Infestation Investigation
Spatial and temporal patterns
Prediction of outbreaks
Infestation Investigation
Objective:
Find a specific wavelength or spectral index which
changes due to bark beetle infestation before the
effects are visible.
Beetle Hunt
Fire
Beetles
NBR: Normalized Burn Ratio
(NIR SWIR)/(NIR + SWIR)
Beetle Hunt
Landsat imagery
2010-2016
NBR over time
Beetle Hunt
Beetle Hunt
Tane, Zachary. Quantifying Tree Loss in Sierra National Forest. Digital image.Earth Observatory. NASA, 20 July
2016. Web. 30 July 2016.
Beetle Hunt
Landsat
AVIRIS
Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
Average Reflectance
Aspect
P = 0.3067
No Significance
Slope
P = 0.4256
No Significance
Elevation
P = 0.0205
Significant
Average Reflectance
Average Reflectance
Average Reflectance
Significant
Wavelengths (nm)
365
375
385
394
404
414
423
433
1333
1343
1353
1422
Spectral Indices
(Band1 Band2)/(Band1 + Band2)
Spectral Indices
(Band1 Band2)/(Band1 + Band2)
CHLOROPHYLL!
WATER!
Conclusions
No specific wavelengths or indices related to beetle kills
Wavelengths in the ranges of 400-500 and 2200-2500 nm
showed the greatest sensitivity
Additional work
Investigate wavelengths 433 and 1422nm
Study other areas
References
Meddens, Arjan J.H., Jeffrey A. Hicke, Lee A. Vierling, and Andrew T.
Hudak. "Evaluating Methods to Detect Bark Beetle-caused Tree Mortality
Using Single-date and Multi-date Landsat Imagery." Remote Sensing of
Environment 132 (2013): 49-58. Web. June-July 2016.
Meddens, Arjan J.H., and Jeffrey A. Hickey. "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of
Landsat-based Detection of Tree Mortality Caused by a Mountain Pine Beetle
Outbreak in Colorado, USA." Forest Ecology and Management 322 (2014):
78-88. Web. June-July 2016.
Smith, Sheri. Bark Beetles in California Conifers. N.p.: USDA, 2015.
Wulder, Michael A., Caren C. Dymond, Joanne C. White, Donald G. Leckie,
and Allan L. Carroll. "Surveying Mountain Pine Beetle Damage of Forests: A
Review of Remote Sensing Opportunities Michael." Forest Ecology and
Management 221.1-3 (2006): 27-41. Web.
Acknowledgements
Questions
Eric Carle