Forest Communities Spatial Modeling as a Basis for Assessing the Sequestration Potential of Ecosystems (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia)

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202311.0008.v1
• Publication Date: 2023-11-01T05:48:23Z
• Authors: Artur Gafurov; Vadim Prokhorov; Maria Kozhevnikova; Bulat Usmanov

For the territory of Republic Tatarstan (Russia), a spatial model forest communities was built as basis for assessing sequestration potential ecosystems. Combination multi-temporal and multi-spectral satellite imagery from Landsat 8 9 platform input data Google Earth Engine cloud were used. The set 292 vegetation indices metrics computed pre-processed imagery, combined into dataset. Weka X-Means clustering algorithm trained applied to study area. unsupervised classification carried out by classes in Braun-Blanquet system. results verified using more than 17,000 relevés with geographic references Flora database. automatic classification, EuroVeg Checklist expert system JUICE 7.1 package proposed methodology obtaining initial supported an automated system, made it possible obtain picture distribution area sufficient accuracy, future, will be used assess ecosystems region under study.