TU4.03: Biomass

Session Type: Oral
Time: Tuesday, July 15, 15:40 - 17:20
Location: 2000-C
Session Chairs: Renaud Mathieu, CSIR - Natural Resources Environment and André Beaudoin, Canadian Forest Service
 
TU4.03.1: AN ANALYSIS OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE BACKSCATTER BIOMASS RELATIONSHIP
         Razi Ahmed; Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Scott Hensley; Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Paul Siqueira; University of Massachusetts
 
TU4.03.2: A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS IN THE AEROSOL/SURFACE REMOTE SENSING FROM MODIS: ALGORITHM MAIAC
         Alexei Lyapustin; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
         Yujie Wang; UMBC
 
TU4.03.3: COUNTRY-LEVEL MAPPING OF FOREST ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS, UNCERTAINTY AND FOREST PROBABILITY USING SRTM, MODIS AND ALOS PALSAR
         Pedro Rodriguez Veiga; University of Leicester
         Sassan S. Saatchi; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Kevin Tansey; University of Leicester
         Heiko Balzter; University of Leicester
 
[View Video] TU4.03.4: THE FOREST BIOMASS VALIDATION SITE “RODA”: DECOUPLING ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL FACTORS FOR GLOBAL FOREST MONITORING – A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HELMHOLTZ ALLIANCE “REMOTE SENSING AND EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS” AND THE GOFC-GOLD BIOMASS WORKING GROUP
         Christiane Schmullius; University Jena - Earth Observation
         Carsten Pathe; University Jena - Earth Observation
         Christian Thiel; University Jena - Earth Observation
         Tanvir Chowdhury; University Jena - Earth Observation
         Sören Hese; University Jena - Earth Observation
         Jussi Baade; University Jena - Physical Geography
         Irena Hajnsek; German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Microwaves and Radar Institute
         Ralf Horn; German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Microwaves and Radar Institute
         Thomas Jagdhuber; German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Microwaves and Radar Institute
         Sergej Chmara; Thueringia Forest Agency
         Herbert Sagischewski; Thuringia Forest Agency
 
[View Video] TU4.03.5: AN ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS MAP OF AFRICAN SAVANNAS AT A RESOLUTION OF 100 METERS USING ALOS PALSAR DATA
         Alexandre Bouvet; Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
         Thuy Le Toan; Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
         Stéphane Mermoz; Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)