A one-day field trip to the Bolshemurtinskoe local test sites was realized on 28 August together with FSU and and the Suchachev Intitute of Forest of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SIF-RAS). The field trip organized by SIF-RAS was aiming to validate the first set of local map products, such as forest biomass and disturbance maps. First reference data were collected for the validation of local mapping activities.
The examples below show large areas forest regrowth on abandoned agricultural fields, recent forest clear cuts, and burnt areas as the most occuring forest disturbance processes. Land cover information were collected in the field and analysed by fly validation of waypoints and satellite data.