ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 147-163

Analysis of soil and climatic factors influence on the protective forest condition based on Sentinel-2 data

A.A. Vypritskiy 1 , S.S. Shinkarenko 2 
1 Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology, Complex Meliorations and Agroforestry RAS, Volgograd, Russia
2 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 18.10.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-5-147-163
State protective forest belts were created 50–70 years ago to prevent the degradation of agricultural landscapes, to improve microclimatic conditions, and to increase productivity and biodiversity. A total of 8 forest belts were planted during that period, five of them being located in the Volgograd region. This region is characterized by rather contrasting conditions: the soil cover changes from chernozems in the north of the region to light chestnut soils and alkali soils in the south and southeast. The precipitation norm is correspondingly reduced from 450 to 280 mm per year. The location of the Volgograd region in such diverse conditions makes it a sample region for analyzing the influence of soil and climatic factors on various components of agrolandscapes, including shelter forest plantations and state protective forest belts. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of forest belt preservation in the Volgograd region and to determine the patterns of influence of climatic conditions and soil cover on it on the basis of Sentinel-2 NDVI data. Most of the forest belt studies apply natural methods, while the comprehensive monitoring of the belts within the region based on remote sensing materials has not been carried out. In the course of the research, 23.4 thousand ha of the forest belt project area were recorded, including 21.3 thousand ha of forest belt plots with a canopy density of more than 0.3. This value corresponds to the materials of official statistics. The deterioration of the state of plantings was confirmed as we moved south from the zone of chernozems to light chestnut soils. A strong interdependence was established between the forest belt preservation and hydrothermal conditions: for the average annual precipitation R = 0.79, for the average annual temperatures R = –0.69. The connection of forest belt preservation is approximated by a logistic function with R2 = 0.74. Under conditions when the precipitation norm is less than 400 mm per year, the forest belt preservation does not exceed 70 %. With a total precipitation of less than 360 mm per year, the plantations almost completely disintegrate. The obtained cartographic materials can be used for planning and optimization of forest engineering measures for the care and creation of new forest belts.
Keywords: protective afforestation, remote sensing, mapping, Volgograd region, tree and shrub vegetation, agroforestry
Full text

References:

  1. Agrolesomelioratsiya (Agroforestry), A. L. Ivanov, A. K. Kulik (eds.), Volgograd: VNIALMI, 2006, 746 p. (in Russian).
  2. Antonov S. A., Spatial analysis of protective forest plantations based on geographic information technologies and remote sensing data, InterCarto. InterGIS. GI Support of Sustainable Development of Territories: Proc. Intern. Conf., Moscow: Moscow Univ. Press, 2020, Vol. 26, Part 2, pp. 408–420 (In Russian), DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-2-26-408-420.
  3. Bartalev S. A., Egorov V. A., Zharko V. O., Loupian E. A., Plotnikov D. E., Khvostikov S. A., Shabanov N. V., Sputnikovoe kartografirovanie rastitel’nogo pokrova Rossii (Land cover mapping over Russia using Earth observation data), Moscow: IKI RAN, 2016, 208 p. (in Russian).
  4. Bartalev S. A., Bogodukhov M. A., Zharko V. O., Sidorenkov V. M., Investigation of the possibilities of using ICESat-2 data to estimate the height of forests in Russia, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 195–206 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-195-206.
  5. Vypritskii A. A., Electronic mapping of state defensive forests in the Volgograd region, Grani poznaniya, 2021, No. 3(74), pp. 9–14 (in Russian).
  6. Zharko V. O., Bartalev S. A., Egorov V. A., Investigation of forest growing stock volume estimation possibilities over Russian Primorsky Krai region using Proba-V satellite data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 157–168 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-1-157-168.
  7. Zasoba V. V., Cheplyanskii I.Ya., Popovichev V. V., Seventy years of experience in creating state protective forest belts in the steppe zone of Russia, Zhivye i biokosnye sistemy, 2019, No. 27, p. 3 (in Russian).
  8. The Forest Plan of the Volgograd Region for 2009–2018. Approved by the Decree of the Head of the Administration of the Volgograd Region No. 144 dated February 11, 2009, 211 p. (in Russian), available at: https://oblkompriroda.volgograd.ru/upload/iblock/8c4/Lesnoy-plan-Volgogradskoy-oblasti.pdf.
  9. Loupian E. A., Proshin A. A., Burtsev M. A., Balashov I. V., Bartalev S. A., Efremov V.Yu., Kashnitskiy A. V., Mazurov A. A., Matveev A. M., Sudneva O. A., Sychugov I. G., Tolpin V. A., Uvarov I. A., IKI center for collective use of satellite data archiving, processing and analysis systems aimed at solving the problems of environmental study and monitoring, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2015, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 263–284 (in Russian).
  10. Loupian E. A., Bartalev S. A., Balashov I. V., Egorov V. A., Ershov D. V., Kobets D.A, Senko K. S., Stytsenko F. V., Sychugov I. G., Satellite monitoring of forest fires in the 21st century in the territory of the Russian Federation (facts and figures based on active fires detection), Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2017, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 158–175 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2017-14-6-158-175.
  11. Manaenkov A. S., Kostin M. V., Current state and renewal potential of forest-forming species on ordinary chernozem, Lesnoe khozyaistvo, 2007, No. 5, pp. 26–28 (in Russian).
  12. Manaenkov A. S., Kostin M. V., Status and prospects for the renewal of protective forest plantations on the southern chernozem, Lesnoe khozyaistvo, 2009, No. 3, pp. 18–20 (in Russian).
  13. Manaenkov A. S., Kostin M. V., Shkurinskiy V. A., Surkhaev G. A., Lepesko V. V., Kladiev A. K., Uzolin A. I., Zelenyak A. K., Panov V. I., Petelko A. I., Metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po povysheniyu dolgovechnosti shirokopolosnykh zashchitnykh lesnykh nasazhdenii na yuge evropeiskoi territorii Rossii (Methodical Guidance on the Durability of Broadband Protective Forest Plantations in the South of European Russia), Volgograd: VNIALMI, 2013, 56 p. (in Russian).
  14. Narozhnyaya A. G., Chendev Yu.G., The study of the modern ecological state of shelterbelts using GIS and remote sensing data, InterCarto. InterGIS. GI Support of Sustainable Development of Territories: Proc. Intern. Conf., Moscow: Moscow Univ. Press, 2020, Vol. 26, Part 2, pp. 54–65 (In Russian), DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-2-26-54-65.
  15. National report “Global Climate and Soil Cover of Russia: Desertification and Land Degradation, Institutional, Infrastructure, Technological Adaptation Measures (Agriculture and Forestry), 2019, Vol. 2, Moscow: Izd. MBA, 476 p. (in Russian).
  16. Pochvennaya karta Volgogradskoi oblasti (Soil map of the Volgograd region), Kiev: PKO “Kartografiya”. GUGK SSSR, 1989, Scale 1:400 000 (in Russian).
  17. Rulev A. S., Yuferev V. G., Anopin V. N., Rulev G. A., Geoinformation analysis of the state of roadside forest plantations, Izvestiya Orenburgskogo gosudarstvennogo agrarnogo universiteta, 2014, No. 3(47), pp. 42–45 (in Russian).
  18. Rulev A. S., Kosheleva O.Yu., Shinkarenko S. S., Assessment of woodiness in agrolandscapes of the Southern Volga upland according to NDVI, Izvestiya Nizhnevolzhskogo agrouniversitetskogo kompleksa: nauka i vysshee obrazovanie, 2016, No. 4(44), pp. 24–32 (in Russian).
  19. Terekhin E. A., Spatial analysis of tree vegetation of abandoned arable lands using their spectral response in forest-steppe zone of Central Chernozem Region, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2020, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 142–156 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2020-17-5-142-156.
  20. Terekhin E. A., Long-term changes in spectral response of abandoned agricultural lands in various climate and environmental conditions of European Russia in the early 21st century, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 111–122 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-5-111-122.
  21. Terekhin E. A., Effect of abandoned agricultural lands forest cover on Sentinel-2 spectral response in forest-steppe natural zone, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 223–235 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-223-235.
  22. Terekhov A. G., Makarenko N. G., Pak I. T., Automatic classification algorithm of quick bird images in the problem of evaluating of forest completeness, Komp’yuternaya optika, 2014, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 580–583 (in Russian), DOI: 10.18287/0134-2452-2014-38-3-580-583.
  23. Tkachenko N. A., Koshelev A. V., Mapping of aprotective woodiness of agrolandscapes of Volgograd Zavolzhye, Vestnik APK Stavropol’ya, 2017, No. 2(26), pp. 137–143 (in Russian).
  24. Turchin T.Ya., Cheplyanskii I.Ya., Ermolova A. S., Bakanov I. A., Current state of plantations of state forest shelter belt “Voronezh-Rostov-On-Don” in connection with the type of plantations and soil conditions, Vestnik Povolzhskogo gosudarstvennogo tekhnologicheskogo universiteta. Ser.: Les. Ekologiya. Prirodopol’zovanie, 2021, No. 3(51), pp. 41–58 (in Russian), DOI: 10.25686/2306-2827.2021.3.41.
  25. Khovratovich T. S., Bartalev S. A., Kashnitskii A. V., Forest change detection based on sub-pixel estimation of crown cover density using bitemporal satellite data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2019, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 102–110 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2019-16-4-102-110.
  26. Cheplyanskii I.Ya., Zasoba V. V., Popovichev V. V., Forest and not forest lands in the state protective forest strips in Russia, Aktual’nye problemy lesnogo kompleksa, 2018, No. 51, pp. 91–95 (in Russian).
  27. Cheplyanskii I.Ya., Turchin T.Ya., Ermolova A. S., Remote monitoring of state forest shelterbelts in the steppe zone of European Russia, Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedenii. Lesnoi Zhurnal, 2022, No. 3, pp. 44–59 (in Russian), DOI: 10.37482/0536-1036-2022-3-44-59.
  28. Chimitdorzhiev T. N., Dmitriev A. V., Kirbizhekova I. I., Sherkhoeva A. A., Baltukhaev A. K., Dagurov P. N., Remote optical-microwave measurements of forest parameters: modern state of research and experimental assessment of potentials, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 9–24 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-4-9-24.
  29. Shinkarenko S. S., Bartalev S. A., NDVI seasonal dynamics of the North Caspian pasture landscapes according to MODIS data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2020, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 179–194 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2020-17-4-179-194.
  30. Shinkarenko S. S., Berdengalieva A. N., Analysis of steppe fires long-term dynamics in Volgograd Region, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2019, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 98–110 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2019-16-2-98-110.
  31. Shinkarenko S. S., Doroshenko V. V., Berdengalieva A. N., Komarova I. A., Dynamics of arid landscapes burning in Russia and adjacent territories based on active fire data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 149–164 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-1-149-164.
  32. Shinkarenko S. S., Bartalev S. A., Vasilchenko A. A. (2022a), Method for protective forest plantations mapping based on multi-temporal high spatial resolution satellite images and Bi-Season Forest Index, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 207–222 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-207-222.
  33. Shinkarenko S. S., Doroshenko V. V., Berdengalieva A. N. (2022b), Burned areas dynamics in zonal landscapes of the South-East of The European part of Russia, Izvestiya Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriya geograficheskaya, 2022, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 122–133 (in Russian), DOI: 10.31857/S2587556622010113.
  34. Shikhov A. N., Dremin D. A., Patterns of wind-induced forest damage in the European Russia and Ural: analysis with satellite data, Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 153–168 (in Russian), DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-3-153-168.
  35. Begimova M., Climate indicators for forest landing and evaluation of forest shelterbelts, E3S Web Conf., 2021, Vol. 227, Art. No. 02004, 7 p., DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202122702004.
  36. Harris I., Osborn T. J., Jones P., Lister D., Version 4 of the CRU TS monthly high-resolution gridded multivariate climate dataset, Scientific Data, 2020, No. 7, Art. No. 109, 19 p., DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0453-3.
  37. Koshelev A. V., Tkachenko N. A., Shatrovskaya M. O., Decoding of forest belts using satellite images, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021, Vol. 875, Art. No. 012065, 9 p., DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/875/1/012065.
  38. Loupian E. A., Bourtsev M. A., Proshin A. A., Kashnitskii A. V., Balashov I. V., Bartalev S. A., Konstantinova A. M., Kobets D. A., Radchenko M. V., Tolpin V. A., Uvarov I. A., Usage Experience and Capabilities of the VEGA-Science System, Remote Sensing, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 1, Art. No. 77, 19 p., https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010077.
  39. Rulev A. S., Pugacheva A. M., Formation of a New Agroforestry Paradigm, Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2019, Vol. 89, No. 5, pp. 495–501, DOI: 10.1134/S1019331619050071.
  40. Smirnov V. O., Zelentsova M. G., Krainyuk E. S., Practical Application Peculiarities of Geo-Information Technologies While Planning the Protective Forest Belts, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021, Vol. 666, Art. No. 042005, DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/666/4/042005.
  41. Terekhin E. A., Spatiotemporal Spectral-Response Assessment of the Forest Cover of Small Dry Valleys in the Central Russian Forest–Steppe, Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2021, Vol. 57, No. 12, pp. 1566–1575, DOI: 10.1134/S0001433821120215.
  42. Vassilev K. V., Assenov A. I., Velev N. I., Grigorov B. G., Borissova B. B., Distribution, Characteristics and Ecological Role of Protective Forest Belts in Silistra Municipality, Northeastern Bulgaria, Ecologia Balcanica, 2019, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 191–204.