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DOI 10.3390/rs13224659
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Title (Primary) Mapping European spruce bark beetle infestation at its early phase using gyrocopter-mounted hyperspectral data and field measurements
Author Hellwig, F.M.; Stelmaszczuk-Górska, M.A.; Dubois, C.; Wolsza, M.; Truckenbrodt, S.C.; Sagichewski, H.; Chmara, S.; Bannehr, L.; Lausch, A.; Schmullius, C.
Source Titel Remote Sensing
Year 2021
Department CLE
Volume 13
Issue 22
Page From art. 4659
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords bark beetle infestation; green attack detection; temperate forest; hyperspectral indices; field spectrometer measurements
Abstract The prolonged drought of recent years combined with the steadily increasing bark beetle infestation (Ips typographus) is causing enormous damage in Germany’s spruce forests. This preliminary study investigates whether early spruce infestation by the bark beetle (green attack) can be detected using indices based on airborne spatial high-resolution (0.3 m) hyperspectral data and field spectrometer measurements. In particular, a new hyperspectral index based on airborne data has been defined and compared with other common indices for bark beetle detection. It shows a very high overall accuracy (OAA = 98.84%) when validated with field data. Field measurements and a long-term validation in a second study area serve the validation of the robustness and transferability of the index to other areas. In comparison with commonly used indices, the defined index has the ability to detect a larger proportion of infested spruces in the green attack phase (60% against 20% for commonly used indices). This index confirms the high potential of the red-edge domain to distinguish infested spruces at an early stage. Overall, our index has great potential for forest preservation strategies aimed at the detection of infested spruces in order to mitigate the outbreaks.
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Hellwig, F.M., Stelmaszczuk-Górska, M.A., Dubois, C., Wolsza, M., Truckenbrodt, S.C., Sagichewski, H., Chmara, S., Bannehr, L., Lausch, A., Schmullius, C. (2021):
Mapping European spruce bark beetle infestation at its early phase using gyrocopter-mounted hyperspectral data and field measurements
Remote Sens. 13 (22), art. 4659 10.3390/rs13224659