The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
Dmitry SchepaschenkoJérôme ChaveOliver L. PhillipsSimon L. LewisStuart J. DaviesMaxime Réjou‐MéchainPlínio SistKlaus ScipalChristoph PergerBruno HéraultNicolas LabrièreFlorian HofhanslKofi Affum‐BaffoeА. А. АлейниковAlfonso AlonsoChristian AmaniAlejandro Araujo‐MurakamiJohn ArmstonLuzmila ArroyoNataly AscarrunzC. P. de AzevedoTimothy R. BakerRadomir BałazyCaroline BedeauNicholas BerryAndrii BilousSvіtlana BilousPulchérie BissiengouLilian BlancК. С. БобковаTatyana BraslavskayaRoel BrienenDavid F. R. P. BurslemRichard ConditAida Cuní‐SanchezД. М. ДанилинаDennis Del Castillo TorresGéraldine DerroireLaurent DescroixEleneide Doff SottaMarcus VN d'OliveiraChristopher DreselTerry L. ErwinМ. Д. ЕвдокименкоJan FalckTed R. FeldpauschErnest G. FoliRobin B. FosterSteffen FritzAntonio García‐AbrilА. В. ГорновМ. В. ГорноваErnest Gothard-BassébéSylvie Gourlet‐FleuryMarcelino Carneiro GuedesKeith C. HamerFarida Herry SusantyNíro HiguchiEurídice N. Honorio CoronadoWannes HubauStephen P. HubbellUlrik IlstedtВ. В. ИвановMilton KanashiroAnders KarlssonViktor KarminovTimothy J. KilleenJean-Claude Konan KoffiMaria E. KonovalovaFlorian KraxnerJan KrejzaHaruni KrisnawatiLeonid KrivobokovM. A. KuznetsovIvan LakydaPetro LakydaJuan Carlos LiconaRichard LucasН. В. ЛукинаDaniel LussettiYadvinder MalhiJ. A. ManzaneraBeatriz Schwantes MarimonBen Hur MarimonRodolfo VásquezО. В. МартыненкоMaksym MatsalaRaisa K. MatyashukLucas MazzeiHervé MemiagheCasimiro MendozaAbel Monteagudo MendozaOlga V. MoroziukLiudmila MukhortovaSamsudin MusaД. И. НазимоваToshinori OkudaLuís Cláudio de OliveiraPetr OntikovА. Ф. ОсиповStephan PietschMaureen PlayfairJohn R. PoulsenVladimir G. RadchenkoKenneth RodneyAndes Hamuraby RozakAdemir Roberto RuschelErvan RutishauserLinda SeeMaria ShchepashchenkoН. Е. ШевченкоА. ShvidenkoMarcos SilveiraJames SinghBonaventure SonkéCíntia Rodrigues de SouzaKrzysztof StereńczakЛ В СтоноженкоMartin J. P. SullivanJustyna SzatniewskaHermann TaedoumgHans ter SteegeЕлена ТихоноваMarisol ToledoО. В. ТрефиловаRubén ValbuenaLuis Valenzuela GamarraSergey VasilievĖ. F. VedrovaSergey V. VerhovetsEdson VidalНадежда ВладимироваJason VleminckxVincent Antoine VosFoma K. VozmitelWolfgang WanekThales A.P. WestHannsjorg WoellJohn T. WoodsVerginia WortelToshihiro YamadaZamah S. Nur HajarIrié C. Zo‐Bi
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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.Keywords:
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