ALPMON FINAL REPORT - ARC systems research
ALPMON FINAL REPORT - ARC systems research
ALPMON FINAL REPORT - ARC systems research
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Contract ENV4-CT96-0359 <strong>ALPMON</strong><br />
Table 8: Swiss National Park requirements and the respective categories extracted from satellite<br />
image data (applications in grey have been the focus during WP12 - Feasibility Studies)<br />
Application Spatially comprehensive<br />
inventory of ...<br />
[minimum area (accuracy)]<br />
(1) monitoring of grazing areas of<br />
red deer<br />
� grass areas<br />
� trees species composition<br />
� low forest stand density<br />
� type of soil coverage in forest<br />
stands<br />
20x20m (10m)<br />
(2) changes of the alpine timberline � grass areas<br />
� tree species composition<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� forest age class<br />
20x20m (10m)<br />
(3) monitoring of geomorphologic<br />
processes (erosion, rock slides)<br />
and vegetation development<br />
� areas without vegetation<br />
20x20m (10m)<br />
(4) avalanche <strong>research</strong> � vegetation type<br />
� forest stand characteristics<br />
(stand density, tree species<br />
composition, natural age<br />
class)<br />
� avalanche events<br />
20x20m (10m)<br />
(5) snow depletion monitoring for<br />
models of seasonal animal<br />
movements and energy balance<br />
models<br />
(6) forest fire <strong>research</strong><br />
(development of fuel models)<br />
� monitoring snow-free areas<br />
20x20m (10m)<br />
� forest stand structure<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� under cover vegetation<br />
� forest age class<br />
25m<br />
(7) extrapolation of spot inventories � land cover<br />
50m<br />
(8) extension of the park � land use and use-intensity<br />
25m<br />
Extracted Categories from<br />
Satellite Image Data<br />
� grassland type<br />
� tree species composition<br />
� low forest stand density<br />
� grass areas<br />
� tree species composition<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� rock, gravel, soil<br />
� detection of<br />
geomorphological forms<br />
(rock glaciers)<br />
� tree species composition<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� tree species composition<br />
� forest stand type<br />
� forest stand density<br />
� grassland type<br />
� rock, gravel, soil<br />
� water<br />
� sealed surface<br />
2.3.5.2.1 Unconsidered user requirements<br />
In the course of the project, it became clear that some user requirements could not be fulfilled. The<br />
most significant reason was the lack of high resolution satellite data of the new sensor generation,<br />
which was expected to be available in the lifetime of the project. Many parameters could not be<br />
JR, RSDE, ALU, LMU, Seibersdorf, WSL 54
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