The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

Dmitry Schepaschenko; Jérôme Chave; Oliver Phillips; Simon Lewis; Stuart Davies; Maxime Réjou-Méchain; Plinio Sist; Klaus Scipal; Christoph Perger; Bruno Hérault; Nicolas Labrière; Florian Hofhansl; Kofi Affum-Baffoe; Alexei Aleinikov; Alfonso Alonso; Christian Amani; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; John Armston; Luzmila Arroyo; Nataly Ascarrunz; Celso Azevedo; Timothy Baker; Radomir Bałazy; Caroline Bedeau; Nicholas Berry; Andrii Bilous; Svitlana Yu. Bilous; Pulcherie Bissiengou; Lilian Blanc; Kapitolina Bobkova; Tatyana Braslavskaya; Roel Brienen; David Burslem; Richard Condit; Aida Cuni-Sanchez; Dilshad Danilina; Dennis del Castillo Torres; Géraldine Derroire; Laurent Descroix; Eleneide Doff Sotta; Marcus D’oliveira; Christopher Dresel; Terry Erwin; Mikhail Evdokimenko; Jan Falck; Ted Feldpausch; Ernest Foli; Robin Foster; Steffen S. Fritz; Antonio Damian Garcia-Abril; Aleksey Gornov; Maria Gornova; Ernest Gothard-Bassébé; Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury; Marcelino Guedes; Keith Hamer; Farida Herry Susanty; Niro Higuchi; Eurídice Coronado; Wannes Hubau; Stephen Hubbell; Ulrik Ilstedt; Viktor Ivanov; Milton Kanashiro; Anders Karlsson; Viktor Karminov; Timothy Killeen; Jean-Claude Konan Koffi; Maria Konovalova; Florian Kraxner; Jan Krejza; Haruni Krisnawati; Leonid Krivobokov; Mikhail Kuznetsov; Ivan Lakyda; Petro Lakyda; Juan Carlos Licona; Richard M. Lucas; Natalia Lukina; Daniel Lussetti; Yadvinder Malhi; José Antonio Manzanera; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon Junior; Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez; Olga Martynenko; Maksym Matsala; Raisa Matyashuk; Lucas Mazzei; Herve Memiaghe; Casimiro Mendoza; Abel Monteagudo Mendoza; Olga Moroziuk; Liudmila Mukhortova; Samsudin Musa; Dina Nazimova; Toshinori Okuda; Luis Claudio Oliveira; Petr Ontikov; Andrey Osipov; Stephan Pietsch; Maureen Playfair; John Poulsen; Vladimir G Radchenko; Kenneth Rodney; Andes Rozak; Ademir Ruschel; Ervan Rutishauser; Linda See; Maria Shchepashchenko; Nikolay Shevchenko; Anatoly Shvidenko; Marcos Silveira; James Singh; Bonaventure Sonké; Cintia Souza; Krzysztof Stereńczak; Leonid Stonozhenko; Martin J P Sullivan; Justyna Szatniewska; Hermann Taedoumg; Hans ter Steege; Elena Tikhonova; Marisol Toledo; Olga Trefilova; Ruben Valbuena; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Sergey Vasiliev; Estella Vedrova; Sergey Verhovets; Edson Vidal; Nadezhda Vladimirova; Jason Vleminckx; Vincent Vos; Foma Vozmitel; Wolfgang Wanek; Thales West; Hannsjorg Woell; John Woods; Verginia Wortel; Toshihiro Yamada; Zamah Shari Nur Hajar; Irié Casimir Zo-Bi

doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

Back

Dataset

Open access

Peer reviewed

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

Dmitry Schepaschenko, Jérôme Chave, Oliver Phillips, Simon Lewis, Stuart Davies, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Plinio Sist, Klaus Scipal, Christoph Perger, Bruno Hérault, …

Scientific Data , Vol.6(1)

12/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1

Abstract

Forest Observation System (FOS)

Forest biomass

Canopy

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.

Files and links (2)

url

Find in HALView

url

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1View

Published (Version of record) Open

Metrics

1 Record Views

See more details

Details

Title: The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass
Creators - without role: Dmitry Schepaschenko - Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Jérôme Chave - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Oliver Phillips - University of Leeds
Simon Lewis - University of Leeds
Stuart Davies - ForestGEO
Maxime Réjou-Méchain - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Plinio Sist - Forests and Societies
Klaus Scipal - European Space Research and Technology Centre
Christoph Perger - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Bruno Hérault - Forests and Societies
Nicolas Labrière - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Florian Hofhansl - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Kofi Affum-Baffoe - The Forestry Commission of Ghana
Alexei Aleinikov
Alfonso Alonso - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Christian Amani - Center for International Forestry Research
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
John Armston - University of Queensland
Luzmila Arroyo - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Nataly Ascarrunz - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Celso Azevedo - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Timothy Baker - University of Leeds
Radomir Bałazy - Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa
Caroline Bedeau - University of French Guiana
Nicholas Berry
Andrii Bilous - National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Svitlana Yu. Bilous
Pulcherie Bissiengou - Omar Bongo University
Lilian Blanc - Forests and Societies
Kapitolina Bobkova
Tatyana Braslavskaya - Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity
Roel Brienen - University of Leeds
David Burslem
Richard Condit - Morton Arboretum
Aida Cuni-Sanchez - University of York
Dilshad Danilina
Dennis del Castillo Torres - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Géraldine Derroire - Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Laurent Descroix - University of French Guiana
Eleneide Doff Sotta - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Marcus D’oliveira
Christopher Dresel - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Terry Erwin - Smithsonian Institution
Mikhail Evdokimenko
Jan Falck - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ted Feldpausch - University of Exeter
Ernest Foli - The Forestry Commission of Ghana
Robin Foster
Steffen S. Fritz - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Antonio Damian Garcia-Abril - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Aleksey Gornov
Maria Gornova
Ernest Gothard-Bassébé
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Marcelino Guedes - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Keith Hamer - University of Leeds
Farida Herry Susanty - Forestry Research and Development Agency
Niro Higuchi - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Eurídice Coronado
Wannes Hubau - Ghent University
Stephen Hubbell - University of California, Los Angeles
Ulrik Ilstedt - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Viktor Ivanov
Milton Kanashiro - Amazon
Anders Karlsson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Viktor Karminov - Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity
Timothy Killeen
Jean-Claude Konan Koffi - Société de Développement des Forêts
Maria Konovalova - Sukachev Institute of Forest
Florian Kraxner - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Jan Krejza - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
Haruni Krisnawati - Forestry Research and Development Agency
Leonid Krivobokov - Sukachev Institute of Forest
Mikhail Kuznetsov - Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre
Ivan Lakyda - National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Petro Lakyda - National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Juan Carlos Licona - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Richard M. Lucas - Aberystwyth University
Natalia Lukina
Daniel Lussetti - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Yadvinder Malhi - University of Oxford
José Antonio Manzanera - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Beatriz Marimon - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon Junior - Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso
Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez
Olga Martynenko
Maksym Matsala - National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Raisa Matyashuk - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Lucas Mazzei - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Herve Memiaghe - University of Oregon
Casimiro Mendoza - Instituto de Manejo Forestal
Abel Monteagudo Mendoza - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Olga Moroziuk - National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Liudmila Mukhortova - Sukachev Institute of Forest
Samsudin Musa - Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Dina Nazimova
Toshinori Okuda - Hiroshima University
Luis Claudio Oliveira
Petr Ontikov - Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Andrey Osipov
Stephan Pietsch - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Maureen Playfair - Multi Electrical System
John Poulsen - Duke University
Vladimir G Radchenko - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kenneth Rodney - Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development
Andes Rozak - Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Ademir Ruschel - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Ervan Rutishauser - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Linda See - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Maria Shchepashchenko - All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry
Nikolay Shevchenko
Anatoly Shvidenko
Marcos Silveira - Universidade Federal do Acre
James Singh - Guyana Forestry Commission
Bonaventure Sonké - Université de Yaoundé I
Cintia Souza
Krzysztof Stereńczak - Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa
Leonid Stonozhenko - All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry
Martin J P Sullivan - University of Leeds
Justyna Szatniewska - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
Hermann Taedoumg - Université de Yaoundé I
Hans ter Steege - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Elena Tikhonova
Marisol Toledo - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Olga Trefilova
Ruben Valbuena - Bangor University
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra - Missouri Botanical Garden
Sergey Vasiliev - Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Estella Vedrova - Sukachev Institute of Forest
Sergey Verhovets - Siberian State Aerospace University
Edson Vidal - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"
Nadezhda Vladimirova
Jason Vleminckx - Florida International University
Vincent Vos - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
Foma Vozmitel - Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Wolfgang Wanek - University of Vienna
Thales West
Hannsjorg Woell
John Woods - University of Liberia
Verginia Wortel - Multi Electrical System
Toshihiro Yamada - Hiroshima University
Zamah Shari Nur Hajar
Irié Casimir Zo-Bi - Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Publication Details: Scientific Data , Vol.6(1)
Identifiers: 9938716409311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Dataset
Local Fields: hal-02316194