Remote-sensed monitoring of norway spruce forest ecosystems

Abstract

This contribution informes about methods and preliminary results of the project following objectives:Investigate possibilities of the recognition of individual types and periods of multiple stress response behaviour and spectral properties of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) K a r s t.) at the shoot and crown levels through spectrometric measurements of needles, shoots and branches, supported by the foliar pigments and cellular compound laboratory analyses, and through analysis of canopies from remote-sensed hyperspectral imagery.Propose a method for estimation and interpretation of multiple stress response history and crown-status assessment of Norway spruce forest stands by the remote sensing approach, via analysis of hyperspectral images