New forest aboveground biomass maps of China integrating multiple datasets
CHANG, Zhongbing
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
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Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
CHANG, Zhongbing
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
CHEN, Yang
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
CAO, Nannan
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [UCAS]
ZHOU, Guoyi
Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology [NUIST]
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Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] [CAS]
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology [NUIST]
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Remote Sensing. 2021-07-23, vol. 13, n° 15, p. 1-20
MDPI
Résumé en anglais
Mapping the spatial variation of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) at the national or regional scale is important for estimating carbon emissions and removals and contributing to global stocktake and balancing the carbon ...Lire la suite >
Mapping the spatial variation of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) at the national or regional scale is important for estimating carbon emissions and removals and contributing to global stocktake and balancing the carbon budget. Recently, several gridded forest AGB products have been produced for China by integrating remote sensing data and field measurements, yet significant discrepancies remain among these products in their estimated AGB carbon, varying from 5.04 to 9.81 Pg C. To reduce this uncertainty, here, we first compiled independent, high-quality field measurements of AGB using a systematic and consistent protocol across China from 2011 to 2015. We applied two different approaches, an optimal weighting technique (WT) and a random forest regression method (RF), to develop two observationally constrained hybrid forest AGB products in China by integrating five existing AGB products. The WT method uses a linear combination of the five existing AGB products with weightings that minimize biases with respect to the field measurements, and the RF method uses decision trees to predict a hybrid AGB map by minimizing the bias and variance with respect to the field measurements. The forest AGB stock in China was 7.73 Pg C for the WT estimates and 8.13 Pg C for the RF estimates. Evaluation with the field measurements showed that the two hybrid AGB products had a lower RMSE (29.6 and 24.3 Mg/ha) and bias (-4.6 and -3.8 Mg/ha) than all five participating AGB datasets. Our study demonstrated both the WT and RF methods can be used to harmonize existing AGB maps with field measurements to improve the spatial variability and reduce the uncertainty of carbon stocks. The new spatial AGB maps of China can be used to improve estimates of carbon emissions and removals at the national and subnational scales.< Réduire
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field measurements
remote sensing
China
forest aboveground biomass
carbon stock
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