Interpreting Forest and Grassland Biome Productivity Utilizing Nested Scales of Image Resolution and Biogeographical Analysis
Iverson LR, Cook EA, Graham RL, Olson JS, Frank T, Ke Y, Treworgy C, Risser PG. 1987. Interpreting Forest and Grassland Biome Productivity Utilizing Nested Scales of Image Resolution and Biogeographical Analysis. Technical Series No. BPP 1987-1. Illinois Natural History Survey, Section of Botany and Plant Pathology. Champaign, Illinois
ABSTRACT: This report summarizes progress made in our investigation of forest productivity assessment using TM and other biogeographical data during the third six-month period of the grant. Data acquisition and methodology hurdles are largely complete. Four study areas for which the appropriate TM and ancillary data were available are currently being intensively analyzed. Significant relationships have been found on a site by site basis to suggest that forest productivity can be qualitatively assessed using TM band values and site characteristics. Perhaps the most promising results relate TM unsupervised classes to forest productivity, with enhancement from elevation data. During the final phases of the research, multi-temporal and regional comparisons of results will be addressed, as well as the predictability of forest productivity patterns over a large region using TM data and/or TM nested within AVHRR data.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Iverson, Louis; Cook, Elizabeth; Graham, Robin; Olson, Jerry; Frank, Thomas; Ke, Ying; Treworgy, Colin; Risser, Paul
- Date of Issue
- 1987-02-04
- Publisher
- Illinois Natural History Survey, Section of Botany and Plant Pathology
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Cades Cove, grasslands, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Landsat, productivity, SER, Southeast Region