Effect of different middle resolution satellite image on forestry resource assessment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21880035
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Forest science
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	KAJLSA Tsuyoshi 九州大学, 農学研究院, 学術研究員 (60538247)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,483,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,910,000、Indirect Cost: ¥573,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,053,000 (Direct Cost: ¥810,000、Indirect Cost: ¥243,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	森林 / リモートセンシング
Research Abstract	The objective of this research is to evaluate how different the different spatial resolution satellite data affect the accuracy of getting the forest stand structure information(forest or nonforest, forest type classification, and stand volume estimation). The finer forest stand structure information is required, the worse accuracy of classification and estimation. The finer spatial resolution of satellite images was used for getting stand structure information, the better accuracy.