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WP 1. Assessment and monitoring of vegetation

WP Team:

• Mikhail A. Korets (PhD, Senior Researcher) – PI, GIS, Remote sensing
  
• Vera A. Ryzhkova (PhD, Senior Researcher) – Geobotany
  
• Irina V. Danilova (PhD, Junior Researcher) – GIS, Remote sensing
  
• Irina A. Mikhailova (Junior Researcher) – Cartography
  
• Konstantin V. Yakovlev (Senior Research Assistant) – IT support
  

WP objectives:

WP 1.1. Development of the GIS-based database, including:

• Topographic base and DEM
  
• EO data based products
  
• Thematic maps (VCF, soil, landscape, eco-regions)
  
• Climate database (CRU, MERRA NEESPI-ArcticRIMS-ES Atlas)
  
• In-situ data samples (forest inventory and field sites):
  Forest cover, soil and permafrost characteristics

WP 1.2. The objective is to design a combined approach to support a regional vegetation / forest observation system including analysis of landcover types and biomass volume dynamics

• Classification and inventory of the current diversity of forest ecosystems
  
• Development of automated technique of vegetation cover mapping based on GIS-technology
  
• Estimation of the current state, trends, and rates of forest succession for a range of site conditions
  

WP 1.1. Development of the GIS-based database

GIS User Interface based on ESRI ArcGIS platform

Data formats and software

Raster and Vector GIS layers on the base of

• ESRI Personal geodatabase and shape-files
   - vector data classes
   - attributive data tables
   - topology
   - raster catalogues for EO data
• ESRI GRID and ERDAS Imagine Raster Format
  
• ESRI Metadata format and ISO 9115
  

Software for implementation

• ESRI ArcGIS 10 (Spatial Annalist, 3D Annalist, Geostatistic)
• ERDAS Imagine 2013
  
• eCognition Developer 8
  
• Microsoft Access
  

WP 1.2. A combined approach to support a regional vegetation / forest observation system including analysis of landcover types and biomass volume dynamics

Vegetation mapping