Authors: Inoue, Y.¹; Qi, J.²; Olioso, A.³; Kiyono, Y.⁴; Horie, T.⁵; Asai, H.⁵; Saito, K.⁵; Ochiai, Y.⁴; Shiraiwa, T.⁵; Douangsavanh, L.⁶

Source: International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 28, Number 24, 2007 , pp. 5641-5647(7)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

This study examined the use of satellite sensor imagery for chronosequential assessment of land use and ecosystem carbon stock in slash-and-burn (S/B) regions of Laos. The segmentation approach was useful because the boundaries of S/B patches are subject to change due to natural or anthropogenic factors. Polygon-based classification using six optical bands of Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) imagery showed that S/B patches could be discriminated with high accuracy (0.98). Normalized difference spectral indices, NDSI[i, j] = [Rj -Ri ]/[Rj +Ri ], using reflectances Rj and Ri at j and i nm wavelengths for S/B polygons during four consecutive years (1999-2002) showed that NDSI[2215, 830], NDSI[1650, 830] and NDSI[660, 830] ( = the normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI) values decreased significantly in S/B years compared to those under fallow conditions (by 0.21±0.04, 0.20±0.04 and 0.17±0.03, respectively). Only slight differences were found before and after the S/B year, regardless of fallow length or biomass estimated by the allometry method. Relating reflectance signatures directly to fallow biomass was unsuitable, but these NDSIs were also useful for distinguishing S/B patches. Land-use history, including the community age of fallow vegetation, can be traced on a pixel basis using a superimposed set of segmented classified images.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160701656323

Affiliations: 1: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan 2: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 3: INRA-CSE, Domaine Saint-Paul, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France 4: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan 5: Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-6502, Japan 6: National Agriculture and Forest Research Institute, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Publication date: 2007-01-01

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