Kellndorfer, Josef: Earth Big Data, LLC (Project Lead)
Project Funding:
2011 - 2012
NRA: 2010 NASA: Science Definition Team for Carbon Monitoring System
Funded by NASA
Abstract:
With the successful inclusion of REDD+ in the UNFCCC agreement of the Conference of the Parties 16 in Cancun, accurate and scientifically defendable measurements of forest carbon fluxes are ever more important. The science community is called to the task to provide solid data sets and methods for tracking forest carbon fluxes and assess accuracies, which are suitable for a carbon-trading framework. This initiative by NASA to lead the effort of global mapping is a welcome and needed step forward, in particular to gain broader community assessment of what is possible, and where there are limitations in current approaches to carbon flux measurements and monitoring. The PI and collaborators are keen to work with NASA HQ and Centers on the CMS biomass mapping pilot study.
Presently, the PI is leading several related projects on biomass mapping with a major subset of data sets proposed for the biomass mapping pilot study. Also, he is leading a pan-tropical mapping project of forest cover and structure with ALOS-PALSAR radar data. Extension of gained expertise to global scale mapping is core to the PI’s interest in reducing uncertainties in global carbon flux estimates from land cover change. Furthermore, as a member of the DESDynI Ecosystem Structure Science Study Group, keen interest in preparation for this mission is aligned with involvement in this pilot activity.
2013 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting Poster(s)
- Update of the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset 2000 using ALOS PALSAR L-band
-- (Josef Kellndorfer, Oliver Cartus, Wayne Walker)
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