The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

Dmitry Schepaschenko; Jerome Chave; Oliver L. Phillips; Simon L. Lewis; Stuart J. Davies; Maxime Rejou-Mechain; Plinio Sist; Klaus Scipal; Christoph Perger; Bruno Herault; Nicolas Labriere; Florian Hofhansl; Kofi Affum-Baffoe; Alexei Aleinikov; Alfonso Alonso; Christian Amani; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; John Armston; Luzmila Arroyo; Nataly Ascarrunz; Celso Azevedo; Timothy Baker; Radomir Balazy; Caroline Bedeau; Nicholas Berry; Andrii M. Bilous; Svitlana Yu. Bilous; Pulcherie Bissiengou; Lilian Blanc; Kapitolina S. Bobkova; Tatyana Braslavskaya; Roel Brienen; David F. R. P. Burslem; Richard Condit; Aida Cuni-Sanchez; Dilshad Danilina; Dennis del Castillo Torres; Geraldine Derroire; Laurent Descroix; Eleneide Doff Sotta; Marcus V. N. d'Oliveira; Christopher Dresel; Terry Erwin; Mikhail D. Evdokimenko; Jan Falck; Ted R. Feldpausch; Ernest G. Foli; Robin Foster; Steffen Fritz; Antonio Damian Garcia-Abril; Aleksey Gornov; Maria Gornova; Ernest Gothard-Bassebe; Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury; Marcelino Guedes; Keith C. Hamer; Farida Herry Susanty; Niro Higuchi; Euridice N. Honorio Coronado; Wannes Hubau; Stephen Hubbell; Ulrik Ilstedt; Viktor V. Ivanov; Milton Kanashiro; Anders Karlsson; Viktor N. Karminov; Timothy Killeen; Jean-Claude Konan Koffi; Maria Konovalova; Florian Kraxner; Jan Krejza; Haruni Krisnawati; Leonid V. Krivobokov; Mikhail A. Kuznetsov; Ivan Lakyda; Petro I. Lakyda; Juan Carlos Licona; Richard M. Lucas; Natalia Lukina; Daniel Lussetti; Yadvinder Malhi; Jose Antonio Manzanera; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon Junior; Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez; Olga V. Martynenko; Maksym Matsala; Raisa K. Matyashuk; Lucas Mazzei; Herve Memiaghe; Casimiro Mendoza; Abel Monteagudo Mendoza; Olga V. Moroziuk; Liudmila Mukhortova; Samsudin Musa; Dina I. Nazimova; Toshinori Okuda; Luis Claudio Oliveira; Petr V. Ontikov; Andrey F. Osipov; Stephan Pietsch; Maureen Playfair; John Poulsen; Vladimir G. Radchenko; Kenneth Rodney; Andes H. Rozak; Ademir Ruschel; Ervan Rutishauser; Linda See; Maria Shchepashchenko; Nikolay Shevchenko; Anatoly Shvidenko; Marcos Silveira; James Singh; Bonaventure Sonke; Cintia Souza; Krzysztof Sterenczak; Leonid Stonozhenko; Martin J. P. Sullivan; Justyna Szatniewska; Hermann T. Aedoumg; Hans Ter Steege; Elena Tikhonova; Marisol Toledo; Olga V. Trefilova; Ruben Valbuena; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Sergey Vasiliev; Estella F. Vedrova; Sergey V. Verhovets; Edson Vidal; Nadezhda A. Vladimirova; Jason Vleminckx; Vincent A. Vos; Foma K. Vozmitel; Wolfgang Wanek; Thales A. P. West; Hannsjorg Woell; John T. Woods; Verginia Wortel; Toshihiro Yamada; Zamah Shari Nur Hajar; Irie Casimir Zo-Bi

doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

Dmitry Schepaschenko^*, Jerome Chave, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Stuart J. Davies, Maxime Rejou-Mechain, Plinio Sist, Klaus Scipal, Christoph Perger, Bruno Herault, Nicolas Labriere, Florian Hofhansl, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Alexei Aleinikov, Alfonso Alonso, Christian Amani, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, John Armston, Luzmila Arroyo, Nataly AscarrunzCelso Azevedo, Timothy Baker, Radomir Balazy, Caroline Bedeau, Nicholas Berry, Andrii M. Bilous, Svitlana Yu. Bilous, Pulcherie Bissiengou, Lilian Blanc, Kapitolina S. Bobkova, Tatyana Braslavskaya, Roel Brienen, David F. R. P. Burslem, Richard Condit, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Dilshad Danilina, Dennis del Castillo Torres, Geraldine Derroire, Laurent Descroix, Eleneide Doff Sotta, Marcus V. N. d'Oliveira, Christopher Dresel, Terry Erwin, Mikhail D. Evdokimenko, Jan Falck, Ted R. Feldpausch, Ernest G. Foli, Robin Foster, Steffen Fritz, Antonio Damian Garcia-Abril, Aleksey Gornov, Maria Gornova, Ernest Gothard-Bassebe, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Marcelino Guedes, Keith C. Hamer, Farida Herry Susanty, Niro Higuchi, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Wannes Hubau, Stephen Hubbell, Ulrik Ilstedt, Viktor V. Ivanov, Milton Kanashiro, Anders Karlsson, Viktor N. Karminov, Timothy Killeen, Jean-Claude Konan Koffi, Maria Konovalova, Florian Kraxner, Jan Krejza, Haruni Krisnawati, Leonid V. Krivobokov, Mikhail A. Kuznetsov, Ivan Lakyda, Petro I. Lakyda, Juan Carlos Licona, Richard M. Lucas, Natalia Lukina, Daniel Lussetti, Yadvinder Malhi, Jose Antonio Manzanera, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Olga V. Martynenko, Maksym Matsala, Raisa K. Matyashuk, Lucas Mazzei, Herve Memiaghe, Casimiro Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Olga V. Moroziuk, Liudmila Mukhortova, Samsudin Musa, Dina I. Nazimova, Toshinori Okuda, Luis Claudio Oliveira, Petr V. Ontikov, Andrey F. Osipov, Stephan Pietsch, Maureen Playfair, John Poulsen, Vladimir G. Radchenko, Kenneth Rodney, Andes H. Rozak, Ademir Ruschel, Ervan Rutishauser, Linda See, Maria Shchepashchenko, Nikolay Shevchenko, Anatoly Shvidenko, Marcos Silveira, James Singh, Bonaventure Sonke, Cintia Souza, Krzysztof Sterenczak, Leonid Stonozhenko, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Justyna Szatniewska, Hermann T. Aedoumg, Hans Ter Steege, Elena Tikhonova, Marisol Toledo, Olga V. Trefilova, Ruben Valbuena, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Sergey Vasiliev, Estella F. Vedrova, Sergey V. Verhovets, Edson Vidal, Nadezhda A. Vladimirova, Jason Vleminckx, Vincent A. Vos, Foma K. Vozmitel, Wolfgang Wanek, Thales A. P. West, Hannsjorg Woell, John T. Woods, Verginia Wortel, Toshihiro Yamada, Zamah Shari Nur Hajar, Irie Casimir Zo-Bi

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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
Number of pages	11
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2019

Keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS
CARBON STORAGE
DYNAMICS
DENSITY
NETWORK
SENSITIVITY
DIVERSITY
PATTERNS
RATES

UN SDGs

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Schepaschenko, D., Chave, J., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Davies, S. J., Rejou-Mechain, M., Sist, P., Scipal, K., Perger, C., Herault, B., Labriere, N., Hofhansl, F., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aleinikov, A., Alonso, A., Amani, C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Armston, J., Arroyo, L., ... Zo-Bi, I. C. (2019). The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass. Scientific Data, 6, Article 198. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

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AU - Balazy, Radomir

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AU - Berry, Nicholas

AU - Bilous, Andrii M.

AU - Bilous, Svitlana Yu.

AU - Bissiengou, Pulcherie

AU - Blanc, Lilian

AU - Bobkova, Kapitolina S.

AU - Braslavskaya, Tatyana

AU - Brienen, Roel

AU - Burslem, David F. R. P.

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AU - Cuni-Sanchez, Aida

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AU - Guedes, Marcelino

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AU - Susanty, Farida Herry

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AU - Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.

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.

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AU - Sullivan, Martin J. P.

AU - Szatniewska, Justyna

AU - Aedoumg, Hermann T.

AU - Ter Steege, Hans

AU - Tikhonova, Elena

AU - Toledo, Marisol

AU - Trefilova, Olga V.

AU - Valbuena, Ruben

AU - Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis

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

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PY - 2019/10/10

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AB - 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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KW - CARBON STORAGE

KW - DYNAMICS

KW - DENSITY

KW - NETWORK

KW - SENSITIVITY

KW - DIVERSITY

KW - PATTERNS

KW - RATES

U2 - 10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

DO - 10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

M3 - Article

SN - 2052-4463

VL - 6

JO - Scientific Data

JF - Scientific Data

M1 - 198

ER -

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

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