Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps from Landsat 1984-2000

Northern Eurasia's boreal forest disturbance is mapped at 30-meter resolution across 55 sites within the Russian Federation. The dataset classifies forest pixels by the year of their latest disturbance or as undisturbed, using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery stacks. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and covers the period from 1984 to 2000.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns of forest disturbance across Northern Eurasia using the classified year of disturbance.
• Validating regional-scale models of carbon flux and ecosystem succession with pixel-level disturbance history.
• Studying the spatial distribution and frequency of disturbances like fires or logging within selected Russian boreal sites.
• Assessing the accuracy of automated change detection methods against a manually curated, multi-year time series.

Strengths

• Provides high-resolution (30-m) spatial data for detailed site-level analysis across 55 distinct locations.
• Uses a curated, multi-year time series (1984-2000) of Landsat imagery for consistent temporal analysis.
• Offers a specific classification for each forest pixel: year of latest disturbance or undisturbed status.

Limitations

• Conflicting metadata exists for the last update date: one source states 2000-08-31, while another lists 2026-03-12, suggesting potential platform errors.
• Key technical details like row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided across all sources.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Disturbance events derived from selected high-quality multi-year time series of Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus images.

Time Range

1984 to 2000

Freshness

2000-08-31 23:59:59.999000

Geography

55 selected sites across Northern Eurasia within the Russian Federation