Tackling high biomass in tropical forests through the BIOMASS mission
Abstract. To improve our understanding of the carbon cycle, precise estimates of forest biomass are needed. High values of dense tropical forest biomass are particularly important, as they determine uncertainties in carbon stock assessment and carbon loss due to deforestation and forest degradation. However, estimating Above Ground Biomass (AGB) of tropical forests based on remote sensing systems remains challenging, most existing satellite systems are not sensitive to AGB in the high range. In this paper, we assess the use of P-band SAR tomography technique to provide AGB with reduced uncertainties in the range of 200–400 Mg.ha−1. We present the expected contribution of the BIOMASS mission in estimating the carbon loss from deforestation and from forest degradation , and in providing the Digital Elevation Model under dense forests.
Authors
- Milena Planells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7189-2654)
- Laurent Polidori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-9561)
- Alexandre Bouvet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-4339)
- Thuy Le Toan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4843-5962)
- Juan Doblas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2573-3783)
- Thierry Koleck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8099-1021)
- Stéphane Mermoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-7583)
- Laurent Ferro-Famil
- Dinh Ho Tong Minh
- Ludovic Villard
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Centre National d'Études Spatiales (FR)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère (FR)
- Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
- Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (FR)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-3-2024-287-2024
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57