A survey of remote sensing-based aboveground biomass estimation methods in forest ecosystems

D Lu, Q Chen, G Wang, L Liu, G Li… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing-based methods of aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in forest
ecosystems have gained increased attention, and substantial research has been conducted …

[PDF][PDF] Methods to estimate above-ground biomass and carbon stock in natural forests-a review

KT Vashum, S Jayakumar - Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography, 2012 - academia.edu
Carbon exists as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and constitutes about 0.04% of the
atmosphere. In the recent past, it has gained a lot of attention as a greenhouse gas, as it has …

Tracking the impacts of El Niño drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests

E Berenguer, GD Lennox, J Ferreira… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
With humanity facing an unprecedented climate crisis, the conservation of tropical forests
has never been so important–their vast terrestrial carbon stocks can be turned into …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of above-ground biomass

L Kumar, O Mutanga - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Accurate measurement and mapping of biomass is a critical component of carbon stock
quantification, climate change impact assessment, suitability and location of bio-energy …

Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests

J Chave, C Andalo, S Brown, MA Cairns, JQ Chambers… - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
Tropical forests hold large stores of carbon, yet uncertainty remains regarding their
quantitative contribution to the global carbon cycle. One approach to quantifying carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

TR Feldpausch, J Lloyd, SL Lewis, RJW Brienen… - …, 2012 - bg.copernicus.org
Aboveground tropical tree biomass and carbon storage estimates commonly ignore tree
height (H). We estimate the effect of incorporating H on tropics-wide forest biomass …

Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics

JWF Slik, G Paoli, K McGuire, I Amaral… - Global ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large trees (dbh≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest that
large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest …

The potential and challenge of remote sensing‐based biomass estimation

D Lu - International journal of remote sensing, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Remotely sensed data have become the primary source for biomass estimation. A summary
of previous research on remote sensing‐based biomass estimation approaches and a …

Allometric equations for estimating the above-ground biomass in tropical lowland Dipterocarp forests

TM Basuki, PE Van Laake, AK Skidmore… - Forest ecology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Allometric equations can be used to estimate the biomass and carbon stock of forests.
However, so far the equations for Dipterocarp forests have not been developed in sufficient …

Common allometric equations for estimating the tree weight of mangroves

A Komiyama, S Poungparn, S Kato - Journal of tropical ecology, 2005 - cambridge.org
Inventory data on tree weights of 104 individual trees representing 10 mangrove species
were collected from mangrove forests in South-East Asia to establish common allometric …