8GG18809_Young

Using UAV's and Big Data to Map Live Trees and Predict Postfire Regeneration

Primary Investigator: Derek Young, Ph.D.

Project Partners: Andrew Latimer, Ph.D.

Institution: University of California, Davis

Project Type: Demonstration Forest

Grant Award #8GG18809; 8GG19811

Amount awarded: $222,165

Award Date: September, 2018

Status: Active

Project Description

Publications and Documents

More Information

https://www.changingforests.com/drones-ai/

Photos

Map

High-resolution drone-derived aerial imagery from a portion of the 2012 Chips Fire (Plumas National Forest) and (bottom panel) digital surface model of the same landscape produced by processing the drone imagery, showing topographic variation in elevation and trees emerging above the surrounding land.

Map

Visualization of a 3D point cloud from Emerald Point (Emerald Bay State Park) produced by processing drone imagery.

Survey

The field crew surveying a regeneration plot on the 2015 Valley Fire at Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest.

Video of the 2018 Delta Fire study site, showing the heterogeneity in live tree density.

Video of the 2018 Delta Fire study site, showing the heterogeneity in live tree density.