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A landscape monitoring and change detection tool for protected areas – towards operationalising the use of Sentinel data in Scotland 2023

Abstract

This project builds on earlier work of NatureScot, JNCC and other partners who developed a web-delivered tool for detecting landscape changes. This tool uses satellite derived indices for monitoring changes to vegetation productivity, structure, and water content as well as surface water. With the aim of developing the existing prototype into an operational tool, further indices for the enhanced monitoring of vegetation productivity as well as burn scars were added to the tool and a five-year time series of optical and radar data was processed for nine test sites.

The work focused on National Nature Reserves (NNRs) where site specialists and ground validation data were available to evaluate the functionality of the tool and assess its applicability for different monitoring needs. Two spatial frameworks, one derived from traditional survey methods, and a second derived from EO data classified using artificial intelligence (AI), were included for users to choose and assess strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

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Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2023·03·01

Citation
Black, S., Hassall, I., Hecker, L., Mason, F., Robinson, P., Lightfoot, P., Vigano, P.& Blake, D. 2023. A landscape monitoring and change detection tool for protected areas – towards operationalising the use of Sentinel data in Scotland. JNCC Report 730, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091

Lineage
This project builds on earlier work of NatureScot, JNCC and other partners who developed a web-delivered tool for detecting landscape changes.

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2023·04·02

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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