Detecting damage to coastal forests caused by the Tohoku earthquake in Japan using time-series remote sensing images

Eiji Kodani; Katsunori Nakamura; Tomoki Sakamoto; Koki Kimura

doi:10.1117/12.977268

21 November 2012 Detecting damage to coastal forests caused by the Tohoku earthquake in Japan using time-series remote sensing images

Eiji Kodani, Katsunori Nakamura, Tomoki Sakamoto, Koki Kimura

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Proceedings Volume 8524, Land Surface Remote Sensing; 852411 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.977268
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2012, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

The Tohoku earthquake of 2011 caused extensive damage to the coastal pine forest that protects inland areas from sea breezes. The tsunami uprooted, broke, and tilted the pine trees. In addition, subsequently, the leaves of coastal pine forest turned red and fell down after summer in 2011 in large areas. To detect damage to the coastal forest caused by the Tohoku earthquake, we analyzed time-series airborne orthophotos and high-resolution satellite image. After the earthquake, many coastal forests were washed away and there is no sign of coastal forest stands in the orthophotos. We compared orthophotos taken before and just after the earthquake by the Japan Geographical Survey Institute. We mapped the damaged forest in Aomori, Iwate, and Miyagi prefectures and classified the damage into three classes: extensive, moderate, and slight damage. We also obtained and high-resolution satellite image (DigitalGlobe, WorldView-2) observed after the summer in 2011. We surveyed the forest damage using field plots. We measured the damage of 50 - 60 trees in a circular plot. The tree damage was classified on a 0 to 10 point scale: a sound tree had 0 damage, while a tree with a completely damaged crown was scored 10. The most crown leaves of a tree scored 7-9 turned red and fell off. The average plots damage were calculated and a linear regression analysis was performed to compare the data for 21 field plots and satellite data. The coefficient of determination was large and we mapped the forest damage using satellite image.

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Eiji Kodani, Katsunori Nakamura, Tomoki Sakamoto, and Koki Kimura "Detecting damage to coastal forests caused by the Tohoku earthquake in Japan using time-series remote sensing images", Proc. SPIE 8524, Land Surface Remote Sensing, 852411 (21 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.977268

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Earthquakes

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