Regional monitoring of forests using the Vega-Les system: case study for Tungussko-Chunskoye forest management unit and Tunguska reserve in the Russian Krasnoyarsk region

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Kashnitskii Alexandr, Balashov Ivan, Bartalev Sergey, Egorov Viacheslav, Kobets Dmitrii, Zharko Vasily, Loupian Evgeniy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: EDP Sciences 2020
• Subjects: geo; psy; Tunguska; Krasnoyarsk Krai
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202022301003; https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/83/e3sconf_rpers20_01003.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/edd58571fb6c4355881c1f0e6351d0bb

This paper demonstrates the capabilities of the Vega-Les (“Les” is the Russian word meaning “forest”) information system (IS) for forest monitoring. A brief assessment and characteristics of the Earth observation data and main available thematic products about Russian forests available in the system...