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 Spruce2, William Walter Hargrove4, William M Christie5 and Steven P Norman4, (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)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Hot Springs National, AR, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Asheville, NC, United States