THE ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL DECIDUOUS FORESTS STATE IN CENTRAL RUSSIAN UPLAND USING LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGES
We estimated regional specificity of deciduous forests of Central Russian Upland using original and literature data. The percentage variation of main tree species (oak, lime and ash) in tree-layer as well as activity change of main glass species define zonal characteristics of native forests. We used Landsat images to analyze the actual state of the forest vegetation. We developed the special algorithm of image processing to divide the forest according to main tree species. It is based on time difference of phenological stages. The map of the forest vegetation along transects is composed. The analysis of the map showed that actual deciduous forests saved zonal specification in spite of long human impact.