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Introduction to
Change DetectionDeveloped by remote sensing specialists at the
USFS Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (GTAC),
located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Example of landscape change
https://remotesensing.usgs.gov/gallery/gallery.php?cat=3#353
•32 years of shoreline changes in Incheon,
South Korea
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Example of landscape change
https://remotesensing.usgs.gov/gallery/gallery.php?cat=3#137
•Forest cover changes in Bolivia, 1986-2000
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How do we map these changes?
• Identifying landscape change from remotely
sensed images• Analyze images from different times to map/quantify
change
• Assumption:
Landscape change -> Spectral change
Coconino NF – Schultz fire effects
Landsat TM5 image – 1 year post fire
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Benefits to monitoring change with
remotesensing
• Satellite and aerial sensors provide:
• Consistent, repeatable measurements
• An ever-growing archive of imagery
Several sensors/image programs available with different spatial
scales, spectral resolutions and return intervals
SPOTMODISLandsat
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Review - Optical Remote Sensing BasicsRemote sensing relies on the
fact that different targets have
unique responses to
Electromagnetic (EM) energy
We can distinguish land-cover
types spectrally and track them
through time
electromagnetic
spectrum
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How do we detect change from imagery?
•Changes on the landscape can be detected
as changes in the ‘spectral space’ occupied
by an image pixel
electromagnetic spectrum
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ChangeAgents
• Natural or anthropogenic• Change agents affecting forests:
• Wildfire, insect outbreaks, succession, drought or climate change,
regeneration, storms, etc.
• Harvest, management, agriculture, development, invasive species,
etc.
Forest Se
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Dimensions of Change
•Changes occur across variable spectral,
spatial and temporal scales
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Analysis Prerequisites
•Clearly define objectives
• Identify the problem:
• Change phenomena of interest (e.g., fire effects,
forest mortality, stream channel changes, etc.)
• Define study area
• Determine frequency for change analysis (e.g.,
seasonal, annual, biennial, etc.)
• Consider limitations
These considerations determine appropriate methods and
whether or not change can even be detected
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Approaches
• Manual• Image interpretation
• Automated
• Two-date change detection
• Trend analysis
• Multi-temporal image stacks
Prefire
Postfire
Change
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Challenge
•Separate real change from spectral change
caused by:
• Seasonal variation and phenology
• Image misregistration
• Clouds and shadows
• Radiometric inconsistencies• Sensor
• Variability in illumination (sun-angle, sensor position)
• Atmospheric effects
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Overall Goal: In aNutshell
Minimize noise and map spectral change
that represents significant landscape
change
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If you have questions please contact
Bill Silva,
at USFS Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (GTAC):
801-975-3804
Please contact Sarah Marlay,
at USFS International Programs
to learn more about international training opportunities: