1. Task 5 PROJECT SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM SWITZERLAND THROUGH THE SWISS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 Estimates of the current abandonment rate and forest succession using airborne laser scanning (ALS) data Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland

2. LiDAR DTM/DSM: 2000 - 2007 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 Lidar Availability FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014

3. LiDAR DTM/DSM: ~ 0.5 - 8 Points/m 2 8.0 points/m2 0.2 Lidar Availability FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014

4. Lidar Availability FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 LiDAR DTM/DSM: ~ 0.5 - 8 Points/m 2

5. FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 Example Approach Lidar Height Cloud Classified Lidar height 0-1m 1-10m >10m

6. FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 Areal Statistics Point interpretation 100m distance Land Cover (6/27 classes) Land Use (4/10/17/27/72) 4 land useclasses Settlements Agricultural Forest Unproductive 72 land cover classes

7. FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 Areal Statistics AND Lidar information Lidar height Blue: 0-1m Red: 1-10m Green: >10m Closer investigation of height class 1-10m

8. FORECOM Project Meeting May 2014 Areal Statistics AND Lidar information 4 Land Cover Classes 17 Land Cover Classes 27 Land Cover Classes 72 Land Cover Classes

9. FORECOM project annual meeting, May 21/22 @WSL, Birmensdorf

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