MAPPING LAND COVER TIME SERIES USING LANDSAT-8 AND SENTINEL-1 IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN

Abstract

Abstract. Remote sensing has been widely used for forest monitoring. However, most forest monitoring systems largely rely on optical images that limit temporal analyses due to cloud cover, particularly in the tropics. The current study used integration of optical Landsat-8 and Sentinel-1 SAR to produce individual year land cover classification maps for Kalimantan, Indonesia that differentiate between native forest and tree plantations, such as oil palm and rubber. We applied a Bayesian network to produce a time series of land cover classification that improved accuracy of individual year land cover maps. Accuracy assessment using a confusion matrix showed that final map had overall accuracy of 90%, while user's and producer's accuracy for each land cover class was above 85%, except non–forest, which had 76% producer's accuracy due to errors in the classification between young rubber plantations and non–forest. Improved maps will support Indonesia's national forest monitoring system and sustainable forest management.