Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities

[EN] Forest ecosystems provide a host of services and societal benefits, including carbon storage, habitat for fauna, recreation, and provision of wood or non-wood products. In a context of complex demands on forest resources, identifying priorities for biodiversity and carbon budgets require accura...

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Authors: Gómez, Cristina, Alejandro, Pablo, Hermosilla, Txomin, Montes, Fernando, Pascual, Cristina, Ruiz, Luis Angel, Álvarez Taboada, María Flor, Tanase, Mihai, Valbuena, Rubén
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repository:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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Online Access:https://fs.revistas.csic.es/index.php/fs/article/view/14221
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18649
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ingeniería forestal
Optical
Radar
LiDAR
UAV
Forest structure
Forest fire
Forest health
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spelling Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunitiesGómez, CristinaAlejandro, PabloHermosilla, TxominMontes, FernandoPascual, CristinaRuiz, Luis AngelÁlvarez Taboada, María FlorTanase, MihaiValbuena, RubénIngeniería forestalOpticalRadarLiDARUAVForest structureForest fireForest health[EN] Forest ecosystems provide a host of services and societal benefits, including carbon storage, habitat for fauna, recreation, and provision of wood or non-wood products. In a context of complex demands on forest resources, identifying priorities for biodiversity and carbon budgets require accurate tools with sufficient temporal frequency. Moreover, understanding long term forest dynamics is necessary for sustainable planning and management. Remote sensing (RS) is a powerful means for analysis, synthesis and report, providing insights and contributing to inform decisions upon forest ecosystems. In this communication we review current applications of RS techniques in Spanish forests, examining possible trends, needs, and opportunities offered by RS in a forestry context. Currently, wall-to-wall optical and LiDAR data are extensively used for a wide range of applications—many times in combination—whilst radar or hyperspectral data are rarely used in the analysis of Spanish forests. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) carrying visible and infrared sensors are gaining ground in acquisition of data locally and at small scale, particularly for health assessments. Forest fire identification and characterization are prevalent applications at the landscape scale, whereas structural assessments are the most widespread analyses carried out at limited extents. Unparalleled opportunities are offered by the availability of diverse RS data like those provided by the European Copernicus programme and recent satellite LiDAR launches, processing capacity, and synergies with other ancillary sources to produce information of our forests. Overall, we live in times of unprecedented opportunities for monitoring forest ecosystems with a growing support from RS technologies.SIPart of this work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University through the project AGL2016-76769-C2-1-R “Influence of natural disturbance regimes and management on forests dynamics, structure and carbon balance (FORESTCHANGE)”.CSICIngenieria AgroforestalEscuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://fs.revistas.csic.es/index.php/fs/article/view/14221https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18649reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AGL2016-76769-C2-1-R//http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/186492026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
title Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
spellingShingle Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
Gómez, Cristina
Ingeniería forestal
Optical
Radar
LiDAR
UAV
Forest structure
Forest fire
Forest health
title_short Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
title_full Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
title_fullStr Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
title_sort Remote sensing for the Spanish forests in the 21st century: a review of advances, needs, and opportunities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez, Cristina
Alejandro, Pablo
Hermosilla, Txomin
Montes, Fernando
Pascual, Cristina
Ruiz, Luis Angel
Álvarez Taboada, María Flor
Tanase, Mihai
Valbuena, Rubén
author Gómez, Cristina
author_facet Gómez, Cristina
Alejandro, Pablo
Hermosilla, Txomin
Montes, Fernando
Pascual, Cristina
Ruiz, Luis Angel
Álvarez Taboada, María Flor
Tanase, Mihai
Valbuena, Rubén
author_role author
author2 Alejandro, Pablo
Hermosilla, Txomin
Montes, Fernando
Pascual, Cristina
Ruiz, Luis Angel
Álvarez Taboada, María Flor
Tanase, Mihai
Valbuena, Rubén
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingenieria Agroforestal
Escuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería forestal
Optical
Radar
LiDAR
UAV
Forest structure
Forest fire
Forest health
topic Ingeniería forestal
Optical
Radar
LiDAR
UAV
Forest structure
Forest fire
Forest health
description [EN] Forest ecosystems provide a host of services and societal benefits, including carbon storage, habitat for fauna, recreation, and provision of wood or non-wood products. In a context of complex demands on forest resources, identifying priorities for biodiversity and carbon budgets require accurate tools with sufficient temporal frequency. Moreover, understanding long term forest dynamics is necessary for sustainable planning and management. Remote sensing (RS) is a powerful means for analysis, synthesis and report, providing insights and contributing to inform decisions upon forest ecosystems. In this communication we review current applications of RS techniques in Spanish forests, examining possible trends, needs, and opportunities offered by RS in a forestry context. Currently, wall-to-wall optical and LiDAR data are extensively used for a wide range of applications—many times in combination—whilst radar or hyperspectral data are rarely used in the analysis of Spanish forests. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) carrying visible and infrared sensors are gaining ground in acquisition of data locally and at small scale, particularly for health assessments. Forest fire identification and characterization are prevalent applications at the landscape scale, whereas structural assessments are the most widespread analyses carried out at limited extents. Unparalleled opportunities are offered by the availability of diverse RS data like those provided by the European Copernicus programme and recent satellite LiDAR launches, processing capacity, and synergies with other ancillary sources to produce information of our forests. Overall, we live in times of unprecedented opportunities for monitoring forest ecosystems with a growing support from RS technologies.
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