Preliminary Analysis of Forest Stands with Landsat

and LIDAR Derived Vegetation Height Raster

Geography 342 – Remote Sensing

American River College

Fall 2016

Konrad Pehl w1576625@apps.losrios.edu

Project Area

Sonoma County

Sea Ranch and Lower Gualala River Watershed

Data Sources

USGS Earth Explorer Website

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Sonoma County Vegetation Mapping & LIDAR Program

http://sonomavegmap.org/

Image Processing

Landsat 8 OLI Bands

Vegetation Height = Tree Top Elevation – Ground Elevation

Training Set

Color Infrared

Color Infrared with Vegetation Height

Healthy Vegetation

Healthy Vegetation with Vegetation Height Raster

Conclusion:

Vegetation Height Raster improved the classification process.