Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz

Dr. Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz

1. Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

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1 December 2015 in Land Use Policy
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MJMartin Rudbeck Jepsen
Martin Rudbeck Jepsen
TKTobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle
DMDaniel Müller
Daniel Müller
KEKarlheinz Erb
Karlheinz Erb
PVPeter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg
ARAnette Reenberg
Anette Reenberg

20 May 2019 in Remote Sensing
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EGEwa Grabska-Szwagrzyk
Ewa Grabska-Szwagrzyk
PHPatrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert
DPDirk Pflugmacher
Dirk Pflugmacher
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Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz
Accurate information regarding forest tree species composition is useful for a wide range of applications, both for forest management and scientific research. Remote sensing is an efficient tool for collecting spatially explicit information on forest attributes. With the launch of the Sentinel-2 mission, new opportunities have arisen for mapping tree species owing to its spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution. The short revisit cycle (five days) is crucial in vegetation mapping because of the reflectance changes caused by phenological phases. In our study, we evaluated the utility of the Sentinel-2 time series for mapping tree species in the complex, mixed forests of the Polish Carpathian Mountains. We mapped the following nine tree species: common beech, silver birch, common hornbeam, silver fir, sycamore maple, European larch, grey alder, Scots pine, and Norway spruce. We used the Sentinel-2 time series from 2018, with 18 images included in the study. Different combinations of Sentinel-2 imagery were selected based on mean decrease accuracy (MDA) and mean decrease Gini (MDG) measures, in addition to temporal phonological pattern analysis. Tree species discrimination was performed using the Random Forest classification algorithm. Our results showed that the use of the Sentinel-2 time series instead of single date imagery significantly improved forest tree species mapping, by approximately 5–10% of overall accuracy. In particular, combining images from spring and autumn resulted in better species discrimination.

1 May 2014 in Land Use Policy
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CMCatalina Munteanu
Catalina Munteanu
TKTobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle
MBMartin Boltiziar
Martin Boltiziar
VBVan Butsic
Van Butsic
UGUrs Gimmi
Urs Gimmi
VRVolker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff

1 August 2014 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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PGPatrick Griffiths
Patrick Griffiths
TKTobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle
MBMatthias Baumann
Matthias Baumann
VRVolker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff
IAIOAN VASILE ABRUDAN
IOAN VASILE ABRUDAN
PHPatrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert

1 January 2009 in Ecological Indicators
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PVPeter Vogt
Peter Vogt
JFJoseph R. Ferrari
Joseph R. Ferrari
Todd R LookingbillTodd R Lookingbill
Todd R Lookingbill
RGRobert H. Gardner
Robert H. Gardner
KRKurt H. Riitters
Kurt H. Riitters
Katarzyna Anna OstapowiczKatarzyna Anna Ostapowicz
Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz

10 November 2010 in Global Change Biology
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TKTobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle
POPontus Olofsson
Pontus Olofsson
OCOleh Chaskovskyy
Oleh Chaskovskyy
MBMatthias Baumann
Matthias Baumann
Katarzyna Anna OstapowiczKatarzyna Anna Ostapowicz
Katarzyna Anna Ostapowicz
VRVolker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff