Mapping Method of Bamboo Forest Distribution using ALOS/AVNIR-2 and PRISM Satellite Data

Abstract

Recently, it has caused serious damage to the ecosystem that bamboo forests are disorderly expanding and destroying other species in many places in Japan. One of the reasons of the expansion is decreased demand of bamboo products and lack of management. Since the roots are rapidly extending, it is very difficult to map the current bamboo distribution with conventional way, such as manually interpretation of aerial photo and satellite data because of required efforts. In this study, we show a method for mapping bamboo forest distribution by using ALOS/AVNIR-2 and PRISM data.