Landscape Change Detection in North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) Parks in Support of NCCN Landscape Dynamics Monitoring

Project ID: P14AC01711

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2014

Initial Funding: $15,283

Total Funding: $78,867

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: North Coast and Cascades Network Inventory & Monitoring

Principal Investigator: Kennedy, Robert

Agreement Technical Representative: Copass, Catharine

Abstract: Oregon State University (OSU) and the National Park Service (NPS) will collaborate on a project to support landscape dynamics monitoring in the Pacific Northwest and in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) parks. OSU has developed a change detection process, called LandTrendr, which has been shown to be useful to help meet NCCN landscape change detection monitoring goals. The primary output from the LandTrendr process is maps of spectral change that allow the separation of landscape change by magnitude, intensity and duration. This project is a continuation of a collaborative effort to provide processed Landsat satellite imagery and unfiltered LandTrendr outputs for the Landsat scenes that encompass several NCCN parks. OSU will utilize the latest LandTrendr algorithms to produce the following products: LEDAPS-processed Landsat imagery, and duration-filtered maps of areas of disturbance and regrowth generated by the LandTrendr algorithm. NPS will provide continuing expertise regarding geospatial aspects of the study areas, including recommendations to OSU on the format and content of the LandTrendr maps, and will review draft data sets and products.