Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2009, Issue 6, Vol. 2, pp. 343-351
Estimation of carbon losses in a forest ecosystem caused by logging
with the use of satellite data
С.А. Барталев
1, Т.С. Ховратович
1, В.В. Елсаков
21 Институт космических исследований РАН
2 Институт биологии Коми НЦ УрО РАН
The paper proposes a new approach to estimate carbon losses in forest caused by logging using a
combination of satellite and selective ground data. Developed method is based on linear model of
spectral mixture analysis and allows evaluating of a species structure, a ground stock and an age structure
of the canopy. The paper describes results of a method application to assess carbon losses in the forest
caused by logging at the test-site in Komi.
Keywords: remote sensing, carbon emission, carbon stock, forest logging, canopy species structure, canopy ground stock, canopy age structure
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