Possibilities of applying CORONA archive satellite images in forest cover change detection: Example of the Fruška Gora Mountain

Geographica Pannonica

Seferović Slobodan¹  Trifunov Sonja²  Mészáros Minucsér³  Pavić Dragoslav³  Srdanović Mićo³ 

[1] Nikola Tesla Elementary School, Mirkovci, Croatia;University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad;University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad;

关键词: forest cover change detection;    archive satellite images;    CORONA program;    Fruška Gora Mountain;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper examines the possibilities, advantages and limitations of the use of high resolution archive satellite images in evaluation of forest and other land cover changes, based on research in the sample area of the Fruška Gora mountain (Serbia). Satellite images available from the declassified archives of CORONA program were used to assess the extent of forest cover in the past. By comparing the resulting datasets with newer images, changes in the forest coverage can be detected and reconstructed for a period of more than 40 years. Despite many limiting factors, the images provided valuable information about the state of the forest cover in the past. The methodology used can be utilized in other similar areas, where no other, more precise source is available about forest coverage, as a means of reasonably inexpensive and time efficient assessment of forest cover and other land use changes in the past five decades.

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