PROJECT #2001-09
Spatial Data and Information for Land Use and Forest Assessment
and Management
| Project Leader |
Prof. David L. SKOLE
Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative
Department of Geography
Michigan State University
1405 S. Harrison Road
Manly Miles Bldg., Rm. 101
East Lansing, MI 48823
USA
Tel: +1-517-432-7774
Fax: +1-517-353-2932
Email: skole@msu.edu
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| Project Coordinator |
Mr. Jay H. Samek
Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative
Department of Geography
Michigan State University
1405 S. Harrison Road
Manly Miles Bldg., Rm. 101
East Lansing, MI 48823
USA
Tel: +1-517-432-3924
Fax: +1-517-353-2932
Email: samekjay@msu.edu
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| Funding |
US $75,000
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| Participating countries |
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, United
States, Vietnam
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In addition to APN project 2001-09 funds, participants from Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States also received
support from a final year of funding from a NASA LCLUC project (NRA-96-MTPE-03)
"Case Studies and Diagnostic Models of the Interannual Dynamics of Deforestation
in Southeast Asia: Is the Missing Sink for Carbon in Land Cover Change?"
Participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Thailand and Vietnam also received partial support from APN project Land
Use and Land Cover Change for Southeast Asia (APN 2001-13) to attend a
workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand in August 2001 co-sponsored by both APN
projects.
Introduction/Background
The project has focused on three activities to support the development
and distribution of new data and data products for land use and forest
monitoring and management. The three activities included: 1) the
development of new datasets and data products, 2) product validation, evaluation,
and outreach, and 3) the implementation of the Tropical Rain Forest Information
Center (TRFIC) to support GOFC data requirements and users in the region.
In addition, the project has facilitated the continued regional collaboration
and coordination of a network of scientists in SE Asia and North America,
which is now formalized to become the Southeast Asia Regional Research
and Information Network (SEARRIN). This work has allowed for continued
capacity building of regional scientists in remote sensing and geographic
information systems techniques.
Outline of activities conducted
The following activities have been conducted with support from APN:
On-going The acquisition, archiving and development of new EOS datasets
and data products derived from EOS data.
August 2001 Training in field data collection for validation and calibration
of fractional cover data products in Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang
Mai, Thailand. Training in the development and application of fractional
cover algorithms for Landsat ETM+ data in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
August 2001 Field data collection for validation and calibration of
fractional cover data products in Mae Chaem Watershed, Chiang Mai, Thailand
and Tamdao National Park, Vietnam.
November 2001 Field data collection for validation and calibration
of fractional cover data products in Luang Prabang - Sayaburi, Lao PDR
and Ratanakiri, Cambodia.
January 2002 Field data collection for validation and calibration of
fractional cover data products in Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
January 2002 Technical workshop for the implementation of the
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) and the creation of a SEARRIN
DISS - an on-line, distributed, regional data and data information system
providing access to earth observation satellite data and information to
a global community in support of natural resource management with representatives
from the Earth Observation Centre of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(EOC-UKM), the BIOTROP Training and Information Center (BTIC) in Indonesia,
the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), the
Philippine National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA),
and the Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
(GISTDA). Progress report shared with regional end users on the field
validation/calibration for fractional cover products. General meeting
conducted with participants to develop future work and linkages with GOFC/GOLD
and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Outcomes/Products
The acquisition of new datasets:
- Regional coverage of Landsat ETM+ data,
- Regional coverage of geocoded Landsat TM data,
- IKONOS data for select areas in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, and
- Regional, daily acquisition (for 2000) of SPOT4 VEGETATION data.
The development of new data products:
- Regional co-registered Landsat MSS (mid-1980s), TM (early 1990s)
and ETM+ (1999/2000) data,
- Regional edge-matched, mosaic developed from shifted 15-meter panchromatic
ETM+ data,
- Testing, validation and calibration of fractional cover algorithms
(linear un-mixing models within a vegetation index matrix) applied to Landsat
ETM+ data,
- Fractional cover assessment of Virachay National Park, Cambodia,
and
- Forest/non-forest assessment of peninsular SE Asia for 2000 using
Landsat ETM+ data.
Capacity building with regional scientists:
- In the theory behind, the development of and the application of fractional
cover algorithms for EOS data,
- Field data collection for validation and calibration of fractional
cover products derived from EOS data, and
- Applications of fractional cover assessments of forest cover (forest
quality) linked to human impacts (selective logging and fire) as well as
to forest biophysical attributes (biomass, LAI, etc.).
SEARRIN-DISS: the initial steps toward developing an on-line, web-based
GIS data and data information systems and services within a distributed
archive framework that includes the following organizations:
- NAMRIA, Philippines
- GISTDA, Thailand
- LAPAN, Indonesia
- BTIC, Indonesia
- EOC-UKM, Malaysia
- TRFIC-BSRSI, United States
(A browse and query system will initially be established at the SEARRIN-DISS
nodes within the region for access to Landsat 7 ETM+ data.)
Meeting proceedings from the final meeting in Bangkok, Thailand (January
2002) and CDROMS. Web site: <http//www.bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/SEARRIN/APN2001-09/>
Future directions/Follow-up work
With additional funding (we plan to apply for year two funds in the
next APN call for proposals) we hope to:
- Develop routine field data collections for fractional cover validation
with all six regional SEARRIN country teams,
- Develop bi-weekly, regional fractional cover data sets using fourteen-day
composites with the SPOT VEGETATION Data,
- Develop an operation, on-line, web-GIS, SEARRIN-DISS, allowing regional
scientist and policy makers, access to EOS data, data products and information
for natural resource management and monitoring,
- Hold a regional meeting with particular emphasis on inviting regional
policy makers and natural resource managers to gather feedback on the application
of FC products, and
- Develop regional operational forest monitoring with a focus on resource
accounting (MEA).
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