INTEGRATION OF RS AND GIS FOR FOREST MONITORING IN MONGOLIA

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the case studies on the integrated approaches of RS and GIS techniques for forest monitoring. Within the framework of the study, it is assumed that there is an operational GIS that stores historical data about the forest and there are needs to produce updated forest maps and also to create a forest biomass map. As data sources, multitemporal optical and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images as well as topographic and forest taxonomy maps are used. Overall, the study demonstrated that integrated RS and GIS techniques can be successfully used for different forest studies.