Suyeon Lee

Ms. Suyeon Lee


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

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27 February 2024 in Forests
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SCSol-E Choi
Sol-E Choi
SLSunjeoung Lee
Sunjeoung Lee
JPJeongmook Park
Jeongmook Park
SLSuyeon Lee
Suyeon Lee
JYJongsu Yim
Jongsu Yim
JKJintaek Kang
Jintaek Kang
This study provides the methodology for the development of sustainable forest management activities and systematic strategies using national spatial data, satellite imagery, and a random forest machine learning classifier. This study conducts a regional province-scale approach that can be used to analyze forest clear-cutting in South Korea; we focused on the Chungcheongnam-do region. Based on spatial information from digital forestry data, Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, random forest (RF) classifier, and digital forest-type maps (DFTMs), we detected and analyzed the characteristics of clear-cut areas. We identified forest clear-cut areas (accounting for 2.48% of the total forest area). The methodology integrates various vegetation indices and the RF classifier to ensure the effective detection of clear-cut areas at the provincial level with an accuracy of 92.8%. Specific leaf area vegetation index (SLAVI) was determined as the most important factor for accurately detecting clear-cut areas. Moreover, using a DFTM, we analyzed clear-cutting characteristics in different forest types (including private, national, natural, and planted forests), along with age class and diameter-at-breast-height class. Our method can serve as a basis for forest management and monitoring by analyzing tree-cutting trends in countries with forest areas, such as Republic of Korea.