SCERIN Hot-topics Seminar on Bark Beetle Damage, Open to all GOFC-GOLD RINs

DAY 1: January 21, 2021 (14:00-16:30 CET; 8-10:30 EST)

Recording

Topic: Beetle damage status, detection and monitoring in SCERIN

Summaries by country (5<7 min.). 

Country

Presenter(s)

Association (e-mail)

Opening - Jon Padgham, START; SCERIN background - Petya Campbell; Introductions - Jana Albrechtova

Questions in the Chat- Lucie Kupkova & Petya Campbell

1

Bulgaria

Lachezar Filtchev

Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BG (lachezarhf@gmail.com )

2

Chechia

Filip Hájek

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Forest Management Institute, Brandys and Labem, CZ (filip.hajek@uhul.cz)

3

Croatia

Ivan Pilas

Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia (ivanp@sumins.hr)

4

Greece

Asterios Tselepis & Ioannis Gitas

School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (atselepis27@gmail.com; igitas@for.auth.gr)

5

Poland

Piotr Wezyk

Dept. of Forest Resources, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland (wezyk.piotr@gmail.com)

Discussion - Questions from Chat (15 min.) + break (5 min.) + PICTURE

6

Romania

Marius Paraschiv & Mihai Nita

National Institute for R&D in Forestry (marius_par@yahoo.com); Transylvania University, Brasov, (nita.mihai.daniel@gmail.com)

7

Serbia

Minučer Mesaroš and Dejan Stojanović

Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia (minucher@gmail.com)

8

Slovenia

Mitja Skudnik and Tatjana Veljanovski

Forestry Institute and Znanstveno Raziskovalni Center, Slovenia (mitja.skudnik@gozdis.si;  tatjana.veljanovski@zrc-sazu.si)

9

Ukraine

Oleh Chaskov & Serhii Havryliuk

National Forestry University, Ukraine (oleh.chaskov@googlemail.com; serhiy_havrylyuk@nltu.edu.ua)

Discussion - Questions from the Chat (10 min.);

SCERIN joint activities (30 min.) - proposal for joint paper (L. Kupkova)

DAY 2: January 22, 2021 (14:00-16:30 CET; 8:00-10:30 EST)

Recording

Topics: Remote sensing for beetle damage detection, monitoring and predictive modeling

Presentations (10<15 min.). 

Title

Presenter; Association  (e-mail)

Introductions - Jana Albrechtova, Questions and Discussion - Petya Campbell & Lucie Kupkova

1

Early detection of beetle infestations using dense time series of Sentinel-2 data

Petr Lukes; Global change research institute, Brno, CZ (lukes.p@czechglobe.cz)

2

Bark beetle damage detection from UAV

Mihai Nita and Marius Paraschiv; Transylvania University, Brasov, (nita.mihai.daniel@gmail.com); National Institute for R&D in Forestry (marius_par@yahoo.com)

3

Scaling bark beetle damage from the country- to regional- and local levels

Andrej Kobler and Nikica Ogris; Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia (andrej.kobler@gozdis.si; nikica.ogris@gozdis.si)

4

Spruce decline monitoring using hyperspectral airborne data

Olga Brovkina; Global change research institute, Brno, CZ (brovkina.o@czechglobe.cz)

Discussion - Questions from the Chat (10 min.) + break (5 min.) + PICTURE

5

Predictive modeling of the first bark-beetle outbreaks and links to remote sensing

Maarten de Groot and Nikica Ogris; Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia (maarten.degroot@gozdis.si; nikica.ogris@gozdis.si)

6

Using LiDAR and photogrammetry approach for bark beetle infestations detection

Piotr Wezyk, Dept. of Forest Resources; University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland (piotr.wezyk@urk.edu.pl)

7

A comparison of WV2 and L-8 classification of bark beetle outbreaks using a SVM and a NNs in the Sumava mountains

Premysl Stych; Charles University, Prague, CZ (stych@natur.cuni.cz)

8

Using Sentinel-2 data for bark beetle detection in Europe, focus on SCERIN

Ángel Fernández; Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analytics Division, GMV, Spain; H2020 (aafernandez@gmv.com)

Discussion - Questions from the Chat (10 min.);

SCERIN future activities and venues (30 min.) - proposal for joint paper (L. Kupkova)

Discussion, Outcomes, Closing Remarks (START, SCERIN)