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http://dx.doi.org/10.11108/kagis.2015.18.4.081

Change Analysis of Aboveground Forest Carbon Stocks According to the Land Cover Change Using Multi-Temporal Landsat TM Images and Machine Learning Algorithms  

LEE, Jung-Hee (School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
IM, Jung-Ho (School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
KIM, Kyoung-Min (Global Forest Resources Division, Korea Forest Research Institute)
HEO, Joon (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies / v.18, no.4, 2015 , pp. 81-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
The acceleration of global warming has required better understanding of carbon cycles over local and regional areas such as the Korean peninsula. Since forests serve as a carbon sink, which stores a large amount of terrestrial carbon, there has been a demand to accurately estimate such forest carbon sequestration. In Korea, the National Forest Inventory(NFI) has been used to estimate the forest carbon stocks based on the amount of growing stocks per hectare measured at sampled location. However, as such data are based on point(i.e., plot) measurements, it is difficult to identify spatial distribution of forest carbon stocks. This study focuses on urban areas, which have limited number of NFI samples and have shown rapid land cover change, to estimate grid-based forest carbon stocks based on UNFCCC Approach 3 and Tier 3. Land cover change and forest carbon stocks were estimated using Landsat 5 TM data acquired in 1991, 1992, 2010, and 2011, high resolution airborne images, and the 3rd, 5th~6th NFI data. Machine learning techniques(i.e., random forest and support vector machines/regression) were used for land cover change classification and forest carbon stock estimation. Forest carbon stocks were estimated using reflectance, band ratios, vegetation indices, and topographical indices. Results showed that 33.23tonC/ha of carbon was sequestrated on the unchanged forest areas between 1991 and 2010, while 36.83 tonC/ha of carbon was sequestrated on the areas changed from other land-use types to forests. A total of 7.35 tonC/ha of carbon was released on the areas changed from forests to other land-use types. This study was a good chance to understand the quantitative forest carbon stock change according to the land cover change. Moreover the result of this study can contribute to the effective forest management.
Keywords
Land-Use Change Analysis; Carbon Stocks Estimation; Uncertainty Analysis; National Forest Inventory; Random Forest; Support Vector Machine/Regression;
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