Damage assessment of the Kupiansk forest farm as a result of military actions by remotely sensed data

Fixation, Monitoring & Assessment of War Consequences and Post-War Reconstruction (NEW)

Authors

First and Last Name Academic degree E-mail Affiliation
Mykhailo Popov Sc.D. mpopov [at] casre.kiev.ua Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Artem Andreiev Ph.D. artem.a.andreev [at] gmail.com Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Sofiia Alpert Ph.D. sonyasonet87 [at] gmail.com Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Stanislav Golubov Ph.D. asdfieldspec3 [at] gmail.com Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Artur Lysenko Ph.D. artur.r.lysenko [at] gmail.com Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

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First published on this website: 22.08.2024 - 14:57
Abstract 

In this paper, we carried out a damage assessment of the Kupiansk forest farm as a
result of the military actions. This analysis was based on indicators such as forest
area and canopy density. Due to the active military actions, obtaining the necessary
data in the study using ground observations and measurements is impossible. For
this reason, we have used only remotely sensed data to estimate the selected
indicators, namely the Dynamic World classification maps based on Sentinel-2
imagery and Leaf Area Index (LAI) acquired by the MODIS dataset. It was found
that the forest area decreased by 1.7 times in the 2024 year compared to the 2021
year. Moreover, the LAI decreased by 1.92 times for the same period.

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