Remote sensing of forest cover by high-frequency pulse lasers and digital ultra-high resolution aerial and space cameras: experience of application in Siberia

The results of studies on the use of high-frequency pulse laser location and digital ultra-high resolution aerial- and space photography data applied to forest inventory and monitoring at Krasnoyarsk territory in 2012 are discussed. Based on airborne laser scanning, extra high resolution aerial and satellite imagery and surface measurements on sample plots a digital forest map has been made for the testing grounds. The methodical guidelines on the use of aerial laser scanning and high resolution digital aerial and satellite imagery for inventory and monitoring in the forests of the Russian Federation are developed and transferred to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise «Roslesinforg» for the expanded practical testing. The necessity to continue research in the study of integrating optical sensors'' data with synthetic aperture radar, the development of software modules for automatic processing of multisensor remote sensing data of forests is proved.