Title :
Estimation of the carbon stock of tropical forest vegetation by using remote sensing and GIS
Author :
Yang, Cunjian ; Liu, Jiyuan ; Zhang, Zengxiang ; Zhang, Zongke
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications, Acad. of Sci., Road, China
Abstract :
Estimation of the carbon stock of tropical forest vegetation is very important for global change research. Estimation of the carbon stock of the forest vegetation with remote sensing and GIS was explored in Xishuangbanna autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, P.R. of China. It includes five steps. Firstly, all of the data were referenced to the same projection and coordination. Secondly, the biomass of the forest fixed samples was calculated. Thirdly, the LANDSAT TM images were processed and a lot of indices were created from the LANDSAT TM images. Fourthly, the model of biomass estimation was formulated with the biomass of the forest fixed samples, corresponding GIS data and Landsat TM images. Finally, the biomass of the forest vegetation was calculated, and the carbon stock was calculated from the biomass
Keywords :
atmospheric composition; atmospheric techniques; carbon; forestry; geochemistry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; C; China; GIS; LANDSAT TM; Xishuangbanna; Yunnan; atmosphere; biomass; chemical composition; geochemistry; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; multispectral remote sensing; remote sensing; tropical forest; vegetation; Animals; Biomass; Content addressable storage; Geographic Information Systems; Information management; Rain; Remote sensing; Satellites; Temperature; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977030
