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

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1672

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977030

Filename

977030