Conference paper
The Biomass Mission: Objectives and Requirements
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III1
University of Virginia2
Politecnico di Milano3
Chalmers University of Technology4
University of Edinburgh5
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark6
Microwaves and Remote Sensing, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark7
German Aerospace Center8
Université de Bordeaux9
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry10
University of Sheffield11
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory12
ESTEC13
...and 3 moreThe Earth Explorer Biomass mission will provide the scientific community with accurate maps of tropical, temperate and boreal forest biomass, including height and disturbance patterns. This information is urgently needed to improve our understanding of the global carbon cycle and to reduce uncertainties in the calculation of carbon stocks and fluxes associated to the terrestrial biosphere.
It is also crucial for approaches to managing climate, such as the UNFCCC initiative known as Reducing Emissions through Degradation and Deforestation (REDD+), aimed at climate change mitigation through conservation and better management of tropical forests The required measurements are forest biomass and forest height at resolution of 200 m, and detection of deforestation at 50 m.
Global maps of biomass are required with accuracy of 20% (or l0 t ha-1 when above-ground biomass are less than 50 t ha-1). To achieve this Biomass will be implemented as a P-band SAR mission. It will exploit the unique sensitivity of P-band SAR together with advanced retrieval methods including polarimetric interferometry (Pol-InSAR) and SAR tomography to measure biomass, height and disturbances across the entire biomass range every 6 months.
The mission will also support important secondary objectives, including sub-surface imaging in arid zones, production of a bare-earth DTM and ice applications.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 8563-8566 |
Proceedings: | 2018 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2018)IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
ISBN: | 1538671492 , 1538671506 , 1538671514 , 9781538671498 , 9781538671504 and 9781538671511 |
ISSN: | 21537003 and 21536996 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518491 |
ORCIDs: | Dall, Jørgen |
Above-ground biomass BIOMASS mission Carbon cycle Forest height Polarimetric interferometry REDD+ SAR tomography SDG 13 - Climate Action SDG 15 - Life on Land
Biomass Carbon Carbon dioxide Earth Explorer Biomass mission Forestry Meteorology P-band SAR mission Reducing Emissions through Degradation and Deforestation Terrestrial atmosphere Tomography UNFCCC initiative above-ground biomass boreal forest biomass carbon stocks climate change mitigation climate mitigation disturbance patterns forest height global carbon cycle global maps ice applications polarimetric interferometry radar interferometry radar polarimetry remote sensing by radar scientific community secondary objectives size 200.0 m size 50.0 m spaceborne radar synthetic aperture radar temperate forest biomass terrestrial biosphere time 6.0 month tropical forest biomass tropical forests vegetation mapping