Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series
The world’s forests are undergoing significant changes due to loss and degradation, emphasizing the need for Near Real-Time (NRT) monitoring to prevent further damage. Traditional monitoring methods using optical imagery are hindered by cloud coverage, while newer Synthetic Aperture Radar...
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| author | M. Bottani M. Bottani M. Bottani M. Bottani L. Ferro-Famil L. Ferro-Famil J. Doblas S. Mermoz A. Bouvet T. Koleck T. Koleck |
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| description | The world’s forests are undergoing significant changes due to loss and degradation, emphasizing the need for Near Real-Time (NRT) monitoring to prevent further damage. Traditional monitoring methods using optical imagery are hindered by cloud coverage, while newer Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems, although operational in all weather conditions, face challenges such as sensitivity to soil moisture and the need for spatial filtering to reduce speckle effects. These limitations affect the detection of small-scale forest loss, especially in seasonally variable regions like dry forests and savannas. This paper presents a SAR-based forest disturbance detection method using Bayesian inference. Unlike traditional methods, this approach maintains the native resolution of the data by avoiding spatial filtering. Forest disturbance is modelled as a change-point detection problem within a non-filtered Sentinel-1 time series, where each new observation updates the probability of forest loss by leveraging prior information and a data model. This sequential adaptation ensures robustness against variations and trends, making it effective in monitoring disturbances across diverse forest types, including areas affected by seasonality. The proposed method was tested against other NRT monitoring systems for the year 2020, using small validation polygons (under 1 hectare) in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado savanna. Results demonstrate significant improvements in detecting small-scale disturbances and drastically reduced false alarm rates in both biomes. Notably, in the seasonality-sensitive Cerrado, our solution completely outperforms the leading and only existing optical technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a53ea0292c84f95ad44db0798743fba2025-08-20T02:12:41ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342024-11-01XLVIII-3-2024434910.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-3-2024-43-2024Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-SeriesM. Bottani0M. Bottani1M. Bottani2M. Bottani3L. Ferro-Famil4L. Ferro-Famil5J. Doblas6S. Mermoz7A. Bouvet8T. Koleck9T. Koleck10TéSA, Toulouse, 31500, FranceISAE Supaero, Université de Toulouse, 31400, FranceCentre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, 31400, FranceCESBIO, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, 31400, FranceISAE Supaero, Université de Toulouse, 31400, FranceCESBIO, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, 31400, FranceGlobEO, Toulouse, 31400, FranceGlobEO, Toulouse, 31400, FranceCESBIO, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, 31400, FranceCentre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, 31400, FranceCESBIO, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/INRAE/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, 31400, FranceThe world’s forests are undergoing significant changes due to loss and degradation, emphasizing the need for Near Real-Time (NRT) monitoring to prevent further damage. Traditional monitoring methods using optical imagery are hindered by cloud coverage, while newer Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems, although operational in all weather conditions, face challenges such as sensitivity to soil moisture and the need for spatial filtering to reduce speckle effects. These limitations affect the detection of small-scale forest loss, especially in seasonally variable regions like dry forests and savannas. This paper presents a SAR-based forest disturbance detection method using Bayesian inference. Unlike traditional methods, this approach maintains the native resolution of the data by avoiding spatial filtering. Forest disturbance is modelled as a change-point detection problem within a non-filtered Sentinel-1 time series, where each new observation updates the probability of forest loss by leveraging prior information and a data model. This sequential adaptation ensures robustness against variations and trends, making it effective in monitoring disturbances across diverse forest types, including areas affected by seasonality. The proposed method was tested against other NRT monitoring systems for the year 2020, using small validation polygons (under 1 hectare) in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado savanna. Results demonstrate significant improvements in detecting small-scale disturbances and drastically reduced false alarm rates in both biomes. Notably, in the seasonality-sensitive Cerrado, our solution completely outperforms the leading and only existing optical technology.https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-3-2024/43/2024/isprs-archives-XLVIII-3-2024-43-2024.pdf |
| spellingShingle | M. Bottani M. Bottani M. Bottani M. Bottani L. Ferro-Famil L. Ferro-Famil J. Doblas S. Mermoz A. Bouvet T. Koleck T. Koleck Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| title | Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series |
| title_full | Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series |
| title_fullStr | Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series |
| title_short | Advanced Bayesian Method for Timely Small-Scale Forest Loss Detection in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado with Sentinel-1 Time-Series |
| title_sort | advanced bayesian method for timely small scale forest loss detection in the brazilian amazon and cerrado with sentinel 1 time series |
| url | https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-3-2024/43/2024/isprs-archives-XLVIII-3-2024-43-2024.pdf |
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