Example Black Forest
Examples for Results of Analyses in the Region of Black Forest
At December 26, 1999, large areas of Southwest Germany, the Northern Switzerland and Western France was afflicted by a big
winter storm named Lothar. The storm left behind large damaged areas in the forests, in Germany mainly in the Northern Black
Forest. Especially coniferous forest was affected. The Landsat-7 image of 2001 shows the damaged areas, mostly cleared out,
with different density of the growing ground vegetation and first states of the reforestation.
The region of Northern Black Forest between Baden-Baden and Freudenstadt in satellite images from 1990 on the left (Landsat-5
TM) and 2001 on the right (Landsat 7-ETM+), bands 5, 4 and 3 in RGB. In the Northwest part of the images, the city of Bühl
can be seen. The images cover an area of about 40 km by 30 km.
In the change product, the storm damaged areas as result of the storm Lothar form the largest change areas. They have been
mapped in the class 324 - transitional woodland / shrub, in 1990 mainly part of the class 312 - coniferous forest. In the
NW of the map, several new urban fabric areas and industrial / commercial units are visible, in the peripherals of the city
of Bühl, in the East some transition areas in the agriculture can be detected.
Results of an interpretation of the region Black Forest in CLC1990 (above left) and CLC2000 (above right) as well as a representation
of the changes (below)
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