Classifying Forest Stand Types in the Gifford Pinchot using Remote Sensing
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
Over the decades logging has been a part of the landscape. From the 1940s to 1980s, foresters used the plantation method for logging. This was making 15 hectare clear cuts throughout the forest. In this study, I focus on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest located just south of the Mount Rainer. I will use a combination of Landsat images, GIS vegetation layers, United States Forest Service (USFS) vegetation database information, and ground-truthing techniques to determine the different types of forest stand types. The major classifications for the different stand types are: old growth, second growth, new growth, clears cuts and bare earth/water. With remote sensing techniques using ERDAS and GIS, I will determine these different stand types. This project will give us a better understanding of the forest dynamics and give us a detailed map of what forest we have and where it is.
Recommended Citation
Noble, Nicholas, "Classifying Forest Stand Types in the Gifford Pinchot using Remote Sensing" (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 25.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/posters/25
Poster Number
21
Additional Mentoring Department
Geography
Classifying Forest Stand Types in the Gifford Pinchot using Remote Sensing
SURC Ballroom C/D
Over the decades logging has been a part of the landscape. From the 1940s to 1980s, foresters used the plantation method for logging. This was making 15 hectare clear cuts throughout the forest. In this study, I focus on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest located just south of the Mount Rainer. I will use a combination of Landsat images, GIS vegetation layers, United States Forest Service (USFS) vegetation database information, and ground-truthing techniques to determine the different types of forest stand types. The major classifications for the different stand types are: old growth, second growth, new growth, clears cuts and bare earth/water. With remote sensing techniques using ERDAS and GIS, I will determine these different stand types. This project will give us a better understanding of the forest dynamics and give us a detailed map of what forest we have and where it is.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Jennifer Lipton