From small-scale forest structure to Amazon-wide carbon estimates

From small-scale forest structure to Amazon-wide carbon estimates

Improving estimates of forest biomass based on remote sensing data is important to assess global carbon cycling. Here the authors develop an approach to use forest gap models to simulate lidar waveforms and compare the outputs with ICESAT-1 GLAS profiles, showing improved estimates across the Amazon...

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Main Authors: Edna Rödig, Nikolai Knapp, Rico Fischer, Friedrich J. Bohn, Ralph Dubayah, Hao Tang, Andreas Huth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13063-y
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spelling doaj-16f0714eaaf44808ade6f451a84b30182021-05-11T12:33:28ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-11-011011710.1038/s41467-019-13063-yFrom small-scale forest structure to Amazon-wide carbon estimatesEdna Rödig0Nikolai Knapp1Rico Fischer2Friedrich J. Bohn3Ralph Dubayah4Hao Tang5Andreas Huth6Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchDepartment of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchDepartment of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchDepartment of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College ParkDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College ParkDepartment of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchImproving estimates of forest biomass based on remote sensing data is important to assess global carbon cycling. Here the authors develop an approach to use forest gap models to simulate lidar waveforms and compare the outputs with ICESAT-1 GLAS profiles, showing improved estimates across the Amazon basin.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13063-y
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series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2019-11-01
description Improving estimates of forest biomass based on remote sensing data is important to assess global carbon cycling. Here the authors develop an approach to use forest gap models to simulate lidar waveforms and compare the outputs with ICESAT-1 GLAS profiles, showing improved estimates across the Amazon basin.
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