TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing remotely-sensed aboveground biomass estimates in the Sierra National Forest
AU - Chopping, Mark
AU - Duchesne, Rocio
AU - North, Malcolm
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/4
Y1 - 2014/11/4
N2 - Mapped estimates of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) at regular intervals are important in carbon cycle studies. In the southwestern United States, there have been extensive changes to forests over the last decade, due to wildfire, climate-driven insect outbreaks and disease, increasing forest-human interaction, resource exploitation, and increasing aridity [1]. Earlier estimates of AGB based on MISR geometric-optical model cover and height retrievals were found to be highly compatible with US Forest Service maps constructed using empirical relationships and MODIS vegetation index data [2][3]. However, these maps were not validated against field data. This paper reports on efforts to assess mapped estimates of forest AGB in the Sierra National Forest, California, against field inventory data.
AB - Mapped estimates of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) at regular intervals are important in carbon cycle studies. In the southwestern United States, there have been extensive changes to forests over the last decade, due to wildfire, climate-driven insect outbreaks and disease, increasing forest-human interaction, resource exploitation, and increasing aridity [1]. Earlier estimates of AGB based on MISR geometric-optical model cover and height retrievals were found to be highly compatible with US Forest Service maps constructed using empirical relationships and MODIS vegetation index data [2][3]. However, these maps were not validated against field data. This paper reports on efforts to assess mapped estimates of forest AGB in the Sierra National Forest, California, against field inventory data.
KW - biomass
KW - carbon
KW - forest
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U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946606
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946606
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911459381
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 1041
EP - 1044
BT - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014
Y2 - 13 July 2014 through 18 July 2014
ER -