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A pedagogic problem in forestry and landscape management is to visualize future landscape effects of forest growth and current management activities in the forest. This paper presents a method for forecasting digital image projections of forest landscape dynamics. Static nonlinear regression functions estimate the digital numbers in a Landsat Thematic Mapper image. Regressors used are forest stand variables. By estimating the future forest stand data, based on intermediate treatment and growth, future satellite digital images are created. In a case study example, the future landscape of a forest block in the province of Västernorrland, Sweden, is projected to demonstrate the application of this visualization technique.
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Thuresson, T., Näsholm, B., Holm, S. et al. Using digital image projections to visualize forest landscape changes due to management activities and forest growth. Environmental Management 20, 35–40 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006700
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