Factors influencing the estimation of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests using RADAR remote sensing.
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- Subject Areas
- Ecology, Spatial and Geographic Information Science
- Keywords
- radar, biomass, remote sensing, ALOS PALSAR, L-band., aboveground
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- © 2018 Espinoza-Mendoza
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2018. Factors influencing the estimation of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests using RADAR remote sensing. PeerJ Preprints 6:e26534v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26534v1
Abstract
Despite the large amount of accessible spatial information, the issue of estimating aboveground biomass through remote sensing, especially radar, remains a challenge in complex ecosystems such as tropical forests. One of the advantages of radar sensors is that of "crossing clouds" (capacity that does not have optical images like Landsat), facilitating their use in areas with permanent cloud cover. This work defines, from several studies conducted in tropical forests using ALOS PALSAR, which are the factors with the most influence on the signal of the radar. This can be useful in the development and/or improvement of methodologies to estimate aboveground biomass in tropical forests, combining field data and satellite imagery of radar.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.