Improving Forest Management Through Early Detection of Bark Beetle Outbreaks in the Southeastern United States Using Earth Observations


Haley Ritger1,2, Dionne B. Blanks2, Larissa R. Robinov2, Jacob S. Armistead2, Madison Murphy2, Danielle Linette Quick3, Joseph Spruce4, William Walter Hargrove5, William M Christie6 and Steven P Norman5, (1)University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Athens, GA, United States, (2)NASA DEVELOP Program - SSAI, Mobile County Health Department, Mobile, AL, United States, (3)NASA DEVELOP Program - SSAI, National Program Office, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA DEVELOP Program - SSAI, Mobile County Health Department, Mobile, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Hot Springs National, AR, United States, (6)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Asheville, NC, United States