Abstract
Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 198 |
| Journal | Scientific Data |
| Volume | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Oct 2019 |
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Keywords
- biogeography
- forest ecology
- DENSITY
- RATES
- NETWORK
- DYNAMICS
- SENSITIVITY
- ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS
- PATTERNS
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- Information Systems
- Education
- Library and Information Sciences
- Statistics and Probability
- Computer Science Applications
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
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The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass. / Schepaschenko, Dmitry (Corresponding Author); Chave, Jérôme; Phillips, Oliver L; Lewis, Simon L; Davies, Stuart J; Réjou-Méchain, Maxime; Sist, Plinio; Scipal, Klaus; Perger, Christoph; Herault, Bruno; Labrière, Nicolas; Hofhansl, Florian; Affum-Baffoe, Kofi; Aleinikov, Alexei; Alonso, Alfonso; Amani, Christian; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Armston, John; Arroyo, Luzmila; Ascarrunz, Nataly; Azevedo, Celso; Baker, Timothy; Bałazy, Radomir; Bedeau, Caroline; Berry, Nicholas; Bilous, Andrii M; Bilous, Svitlana Yu; Bissiengou, Pulchérie; Blanc, Lilian; Bobkova, Kapitolina S; Braslavskaya, Tatyana; Brienen, Roel; Burslem, David F R P; Condit, Richard; Cuni-Sanchez, Aida; Danilina, Dilshad; Del Castillo Torres, Dennis; Derroire, Géraldine; Descroix, Laurent; Sotta, Eleneide Doff; d'Oliveira, Marcus V N; Dresel, Christopher; Erwin, Terry; Evdokimenko, Mikhail D; Falck, Jan; Feldpausch, Ted R; Foli, Ernest G; Foster, Robin; Fritz, Steffen; Garcia-Abril, Antonio Damian; Gornov, Aleksey; Gornova, Maria; Gothard-Bassébé, Ernest; Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie; Guedes, Marcelino; Hamer, Keith C; Susanty, Farida Herry; Higuchi, Niro; Coronado, Eurídice N Honorio; Hubau, Wannes; Hubbell, Stephen; Ilstedt, Ulrik; Ivanov, Viktor V; Kanashiro, Milton; Karlsson, Anders; Karminov, Viktor N; Killeen, Timothy; Koffi, Jean-Claude Konan; Konovalova, Maria; Kraxner, Florian; Krejza, Jan; Krisnawati, Haruni; Krivobokov, Leonid V; Kuznetsov, Mikhail A; Lakyda, Ivan; Lakyda, Petro I; Licona, Juan Carlos; Lucas, Richard M; Lukina, Natalia; Lussetti, Daniel; Malhi, Yadvinder; Manzanera, José Antonio; Marimon, Beatriz; Junior, Ben Hur Marimon; Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez; Martynenko, Olga V; Matsala, Maksym; Matyashuk, Raisa K; Mazzei, Lucas; Memiaghe, Hervé; Mendoza, Casimiro; Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo; Moroziuk, Olga V; Mukhortova, Liudmila; Musa, Samsudin; Nazimova, Dina I; Okuda, Toshinori; Oliveira, Luis Claudio; Ontikov, Petr V; Osipov, Andrey F; Pietsch, Stephan; Playfair, Maureen; Poulsen, John; Radchenko, Vladimir G; Rodney, Kenneth; Rozak, Andes H; Ruschel, Ademir; Rutishauser, Ervan; See, Linda; Shchepashchenko, Maria; Shevchenko, Nikolay; Shvidenko, Anatoly; Silveira, Marcos; Singh, James; Sonké, Bonaventure; Souza, Cintia; Stereńczak, Krzysztof; Stonozhenko, Leonid; Sullivan, Martin J P; Szatniewska, Justyna; Taedoumg, Hermann; Ter Steege, Hans; Tikhonova, Elena; Toledo, Marisol; Trefilova, Olga V; Valbuena, Ruben; Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela; Vasiliev, Sergey; Vedrova, Estella F; Verhovets, Sergey V; Vidal, Edson; Vladimirova, Nadezhda A; Vleminckx, Jason; Vos, Vincent A; Vozmitel, Foma K; Wanek, Wolfgang; West, Thales A P; Woell, Hannsjorg; Woods, John T; Wortel, Verginia; Yamada, Toshihiro; Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari; Zo-Bi, Irié Casimir.
In: Scientific Data, Vol. 6, 198, 10.10.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
AU - Schepaschenko, Dmitry
AU - Chave, Jérôme
AU - Phillips, Oliver L
AU - Lewis, Simon L
AU - Davies, Stuart J
AU - Réjou-Méchain, Maxime
AU - Sist, Plinio
AU - Scipal, Klaus
AU - Perger, Christoph
AU - Herault, Bruno
AU - Labrière, Nicolas
AU - Hofhansl, Florian
AU - Affum-Baffoe, Kofi
AU - Aleinikov, Alexei
AU - Alonso, Alfonso
AU - Amani, Christian
AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Armston, John
AU - Arroyo, Luzmila
AU - Ascarrunz, Nataly
AU - Azevedo, Celso
AU - Baker, Timothy
AU - Bałazy, Radomir
AU - Bedeau, Caroline
AU - Berry, Nicholas
AU - Bilous, Andrii M
AU - Bilous, Svitlana Yu
AU - Bissiengou, Pulchérie
AU - Blanc, Lilian
AU - Bobkova, Kapitolina S
AU - Braslavskaya, Tatyana
AU - Brienen, Roel
AU - Burslem, David F R P
AU - Condit, Richard
AU - Cuni-Sanchez, Aida
AU - Danilina, Dilshad
AU - Del Castillo Torres, Dennis
AU - Derroire, Géraldine
AU - Descroix, Laurent
AU - Sotta, Eleneide Doff
AU - d'Oliveira, Marcus V N
AU - Dresel, Christopher
AU - Erwin, Terry
AU - Evdokimenko, Mikhail D
AU - Falck, Jan
AU - Feldpausch, Ted R
AU - Foli, Ernest G
AU - Foster, Robin
AU - Fritz, Steffen
AU - Garcia-Abril, Antonio Damian
AU - Gornov, Aleksey
AU - Gornova, Maria
AU - Gothard-Bassébé, Ernest
AU - Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie
AU - Guedes, Marcelino
AU - Hamer, Keith C
AU - Susanty, Farida Herry
AU - Higuchi, Niro
AU - Coronado, Eurídice N Honorio
AU - Hubau, Wannes
AU - Hubbell, Stephen
AU - Ilstedt, Ulrik
AU - Ivanov, Viktor V
AU - Kanashiro, Milton
AU - Karlsson, Anders
AU - Karminov, Viktor N
AU - Killeen, Timothy
AU - Koffi, Jean-Claude Konan
AU - Konovalova, Maria
AU - Kraxner, Florian
AU - Krejza, Jan
AU - Krisnawati, Haruni
AU - Krivobokov, Leonid V
AU - Kuznetsov, Mikhail A
AU - Lakyda, Ivan
AU - Lakyda, Petro I
AU - Licona, Juan Carlos
AU - Lucas, Richard M
AU - Lukina, Natalia
AU - Lussetti, Daniel
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
AU - Manzanera, José Antonio
AU - Marimon, Beatriz
AU - Junior, Ben Hur Marimon
AU - Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez
AU - Martynenko, Olga V
AU - Matsala, Maksym
AU - Matyashuk, Raisa K
AU - Mazzei, Lucas
AU - Memiaghe, Hervé
AU - Mendoza, Casimiro
AU - Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo
AU - Moroziuk, Olga V
AU - Mukhortova, Liudmila
AU - Musa, Samsudin
AU - Nazimova, Dina I
AU - Okuda, Toshinori
AU - Oliveira, Luis Claudio
AU - Ontikov, Petr V
AU - Osipov, Andrey F
AU - Pietsch, Stephan
AU - Playfair, Maureen
AU - Poulsen, John
AU - Radchenko, Vladimir G
AU - Rodney, Kenneth
AU - Rozak, Andes H
AU - Ruschel, Ademir
AU - Rutishauser, Ervan
AU - See, Linda
AU - Shchepashchenko, Maria
AU - Shevchenko, Nikolay
AU - Shvidenko, Anatoly
AU - Silveira, Marcos
AU - Singh, James
AU - Sonké, Bonaventure
AU - Souza, Cintia
AU - Stereńczak, Krzysztof
AU - Stonozhenko, Leonid
AU - Sullivan, Martin J P
AU - Szatniewska, Justyna
AU - Taedoumg, Hermann
AU - Ter Steege, Hans
AU - Tikhonova, Elena
AU - Toledo, Marisol
AU - Trefilova, Olga V
AU - Valbuena, Ruben
AU - Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
AU - Vasiliev, Sergey
AU - Vedrova, Estella F
AU - Verhovets, Sergey V
AU - Vidal, Edson
AU - Vladimirova, Nadezhda A
AU - Vleminckx, Jason
AU - Vos, Vincent A
AU - Vozmitel, Foma K
AU - Wanek, Wolfgang
AU - West, Thales A P
AU - Woell, Hannsjorg
AU - Woods, John T
AU - Wortel, Verginia
AU - Yamada, Toshihiro
AU - Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari
AU - Zo-Bi, Irié Casimir
N1 - This study has been partly supported by the IFBN (4000114425/15/NL/FF/gp) and CCI Biomass (4000123662/18/I-NB) projects funded by ESA; the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF-4.409/30-II/4/2009); the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW2007-11); the Research Project AGL2009-08562, Ministry of Science’s Research and Development, Spain; the Project LIFE+ “ForBioSensing PL Comprehensive monitoring of stand dynamics in Białowieża Forest supported with remote sensing techniques” cofounded by Life+ UE program (contract number LIFE13 ENV/PL/000048) and The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Poland (contract number 485/2014/WN10/OP-NM-LF/D); the Brazilian National Council of Science and Technology (PVE project #401279/2014-6 and PELD (LTER) project #441244/2016-5); USAID (1993–2006); Brazilian National Council of Science and Technology-CNPq (Processes 481097/2008-2, 201138/2012-3); Foundation for Research Support of the State of Sao Paulo-FAPESP (Processes 2013/16262-4, 2013/50718-5). European Research Council Advanced Grant T-FORCES (291585); the Russian State Assignment of the CEPF RAS no. АААА-А18-118052400130-7. The Russian Science Foundation supported data processing of the plot data from Russia (project no. 19-77-30015). We would like to thank Shell Gabon and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute for funding the collection of the RABI data (contribution No 172 of the Gabon Biodiversity Program). We would also like to thank Alexander Parada Gutierrez, Javier Eduardo Silva-Espejo, Jon Lloyd, and Olaf Banki for sharing their plot data. JC is funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01; TULIP: ANR-10-LABX-0041).
PY - 2019/10/10
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N2 - Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities.
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