Global climate change is expected to result in more frequent and intense drought events, especially during the warm season. In such perspective, it is crucial to assess the forest stands vulnerability to extreme climatic events, such as drought, even for Mediterranean forest tree species, commonly considered resistant to dry spell. To test the capability of multitemporal imagery derived by Sentinel-2 (S2) in detecting the impacts of extreme drought events on forest health assessed as crown dieback, some forest stands in Tuscany (central Italy) were analyzed. Vegetation indices (VIs) and ancillary digital terrain model-derived data have been collected in 118 observational samples distributed along an ecological gradient. VIs detected a reduction of trees of photosynthetic activity in August 2017. S2 data have allowed the observation of the different response strategies of the tree species considered in this study to the extreme climatic event that occurred. The case study presented shows that S2 can be applied for monitoring climate-related processes providing a synthetic overview of forest conditions at regional scale.
Monitoring the effects of extreme drought events on forest health by Sentinel-2 imagery / Puletti, Nicola; Mattioli, Walter; Bussotti, Filippo; Pollastrini, Martina. - In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 1931-3195. - ELETTRONICO. - 13:(2019), pp. 1-8. [10.1117/1.JRS.13.020501]
Monitoring the effects of extreme drought events on forest health by Sentinel-2 imagery
Bussotti, Filippo;Pollastrini, Martina
2019
Abstract
Global climate change is expected to result in more frequent and intense drought events, especially during the warm season. In such perspective, it is crucial to assess the forest stands vulnerability to extreme climatic events, such as drought, even for Mediterranean forest tree species, commonly considered resistant to dry spell. To test the capability of multitemporal imagery derived by Sentinel-2 (S2) in detecting the impacts of extreme drought events on forest health assessed as crown dieback, some forest stands in Tuscany (central Italy) were analyzed. Vegetation indices (VIs) and ancillary digital terrain model-derived data have been collected in 118 observational samples distributed along an ecological gradient. VIs detected a reduction of trees of photosynthetic activity in August 2017. S2 data have allowed the observation of the different response strategies of the tree species considered in this study to the extreme climatic event that occurred. The case study presented shows that S2 can be applied for monitoring climate-related processes providing a synthetic overview of forest conditions at regional scale.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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