Mapping of peatlands in the Moscow oblast based on high-resolution remote sensing data

Sirin, Andrey; Маслов, А. А.; Valyaeva, N. A.; Tsyganova, O. P.; Glukhova, T. V.

doi:10.1134/s1995425514070117

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“…However, experience prior to Sentinel-2 has shown that operative satellite data from high-resolution satellites are very fragmentary in time and space coverage, even for a frequently covered region like Moscow Province (total area 44,379 km 2 , distance W-E: 320 km, N-S: 305 km, cf. The Netherlands, 41,526 km 2 ) and even ordering commercial images taken at given intervals and for selected priority sites does not ensure success, should only one satellite system be used [46]. Therefore, the simultaneous use of two or three satellite systems that complement each other becomes actionable and practical to those also shown, for example, for Irish peatlands and heath [47], where active weather systems also present significant cloud cover for most of the year.…”

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Assessing the Land and Vegetation Cover of Abandoned Fire Hazardous and Rewetted Peatlands: Comparing Different Multispectral Satellite Data

Sirin

Медведева

Маслов

et al. 2018

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Since the 1990s, many peatlands that were drained for peat extraction and agriculture in Russia have been abandoned with high CO 2 emissions and frequent fires, such as the enormous fires around Moscow in 2010. The fire hazard in these peatlands can be reduced through peatland rewetting and wetland restoration, so monitoring peatland status is essential. However, large expanses, poor accessibility, and fast plant succession pose as challenges for monitoring these areas without satellite images. In this study, a technique involving multispectral satellite data was used to identify six land cover classes that meet the requirements for peatland monitoring using the Meschera National Park as the testing area. This park is the largest area of once-exploited and now rewetted peatlands. However, data from one scanner are often insufficient to successfully implement this technique. In this study, we compared the land cover classifications obtained by using data from Spot-5, Spot-6, Landsat-7, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2 satellites. The Spot-6 data were insufficient, despite having a higher spatial resolution, due to the lack of a shortwave infrared (SWIR) band. The high classification accuracy attained using data from other sensors enabled their combined use to provide an acceptable accuracy in the final product. The classification results were compared using minimum distance Erdas Imagine and the object-oriented ScanEx Image Processor, and the classification accuracy was similar between satellite images, which facilitates the transition from one method to another without quality loss. The proposed and tested approach can be used to analyze the status of abandoned and rewetted peatlands in other locations for the inventory and prioritization of sites for rewetting and restoration, monitoring status changes, and assessing restoration efficacy. The comparability of the data from different sensors allows for the combination of classified images and creates new possibilities for time series analysis.

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Assessing the Land and Vegetation Cover of Abandoned Fire Hazardous and Rewetted Peatlands: Comparing Different Multispectral Satellite Data

Sirin

Медведева

Маслов

et al. 2018

Land

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“…The Moscow Region, the 'subject' of the Russian Federation surrounding Moscow City, has an area of 44,329 km 2 , i.e., is larger than the Netherlands, and is located in the boreo-nemoral-mixed coniferous broad-leaved forest zone [39] with peatlands covering over 250,000 ha or 6% of the area [37] (Figure 2). Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the peatlands in central European Russia have been used for peat extraction and drained for agriculture and forestry [23,24].…”

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“…After severe peat fires in central European Russia in 2002 and especially in 2010, the prevention of peat fires became the main driver for rewetting [5]. In 2010-2013, more than 73,000 ha of fire-prone peatlands, i.e., a significant part of the peatlands in that region [37], were rewetted in the Moscow Region (Figure 1), which was at that time the most extensive peatland rewetting initiative in the Northern Hemisphere. Long-term monitoring showed that the main goal of rewetting, the reduction in the number and extent of peat fires, has been achieved [16].…”

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Addressing Peatland Rewetting in Russian Federation Climate Reporting

Sirin

Медведева

Коротков

et al. 2021

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Rewetting is the most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from drained peatlands and must significantly contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate within the land sector. In 2010–2013, more than 73 thousand hectares of fire-prone peatlands were rewetted in the Moscow Region (the hitherto largest rewetting program in the Northern Hemisphere). As the Russian Federation has no national accounting of rewetted areas yet, this paper presents an approach to detect them based on multispectral satellite data verified by ground truthing. We propose that effectively rewetted areas should minimally include areas with wet grasslands and those covered with water (cf. the IPCC categories “rewetted organic soils” and “flooded lands”). In 2020, these lands amounted in Moscow Region to more than 5.3 and 3.6 thousand hectares, respectively. Assuming that most rewetted areas were former peat extraction sites and using IPCC default GHG emission factors, an overall GHG emission reduction of over 36,000 tCO2-eq year−1 was calculated. We furthermore considered the uncertainty of calculations. With the example of a 1535 ha large rewetted peatland, we illustrate the estimation of GHG emission reductions for the period up to 2050. The approach presented can be used to estimate GHG emission reductions by peatland rewetting on the national, regional, and object level.

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“…Swamp ecosystems, being an indispensable attribute of the landscape shell in Western Siberia, perform a number of functions: hydrological, geomorphological, climatological, etc., are the last natural complexes where medicinal and food wild plants have been preserved, as well as a habitat for rare species of the animal world. Marsh plants have a high nutritional and medicinal value, which is also actively used [5].…”

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Geoinformation monitoring of the territory of Western Siberia

Martynova

Budarova

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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The article is devoted to the use of GIS technology for the control of swamp areas and environmental problems associated with the drainage of swamps in the industrial development of the West Siberian region, the main functions of swampy areas in the biosphere. The study examines the problems of drainage of swampy lands on the example of the territory of Western Siberia. Problems of the “greenhouse effect” and global climate warming, as well as problems of degradation and conservation of permafrost in the cryolithozone. It is established that swamps, as a natural mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are the only land geosystems with a constant flow of atmospheric carbon there. The problem associated with gas hydrates and the possibility of activation of microorganisms during the degradation of permafrost has been identified. To date, in the course of scientific experiments and studies based on the observation method, it has been established that natural gas hydrates are extremely sensitive to various technogenic factors.

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Mapping of peatlands in the Moscow oblast based on high-resolution remote sensing data

Cited by 17 publications

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Assessing the Land and Vegetation Cover of Abandoned Fire Hazardous and Rewetted Peatlands: Comparing Different Multispectral Satellite Data

Assessing the Land and Vegetation Cover of Abandoned Fire Hazardous and Rewetted Peatlands: Comparing Different Multispectral Satellite Data

Addressing Peatland Rewetting in Russian Federation Climate Reporting

Geoinformation monitoring of the territory of Western Siberia

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