GlobBiomass Regional Studies POLAND biomass 2005 Agata Hościło1, Aneta Lewandowska1, Dariusz Ziółkowski1, Krzysztof Stereńczak2 1Remote Sensing Centre at the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (IGIK) 2Forest 20 June 2016 Research Instiute Globbiomass 1 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Approach 1 ALOS MOS (HH, HV 2007, 2008?) multichannel filtering (7x7) Approach 2 ALOS MOS (HH, HV 2007, 2008?) multichannel filtering (7x7) Additional (HV/HH, HH-HV, HH/HV, HV/HH+HV) Additional (HV/HH, HH-HV, HH/HV, HV/HH+HV) Landsat 5 (2005/2006) Landsat 5 (2005/2006) 20 June 2016 Globbiomass ASAR VV mosaic 2005-06 ASC + DSC 2 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND ASAR VV ASC and DSC mosaics 2005-06 under rain free condition problems: - a single backscatter intensity over the entire area - visible stripes following the orbits - maybe some histogram matching can help? - limited number of ASAR HH scenes ASAR VV ASC ASAR VV DSC 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 3 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND ASAR VV ASC MCHF 7x7 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 4 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND In situ data - Large-scale National Inventory of Forest Condition: 2005 and 2006 Plot size 0.05 ha scaled up to 0.8 ha (50 m radius) Only plots that clearly lie in homogenous forest and are located at least 100 m away from the forest edge were considered plots on terrain with slopes greater than 5o were excluded Forest surrounding the plot must be homogenous Spatial distribution of selected plots in coniferous forest (blue dots) and broadleaf (red) forest 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 5 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Biomass biomass expansion factors (BEFs) (IPCC, 2006) + wood density (WD) following IPCC guidelines National Center for Emission Management GSV growing stock volume Forest biomass [t/ha] 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 6 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Coniferous forest ALOS HV 2008 R² = 0,7657 37,0 36,8 36,6 36,4 36,2 dB 36,0 ALOS HV 2007 35,8 35,6 37,0 35,4 36,8 35,2 R² = 0,5144 36,6 35,0 0 50 100 150 200 t/ha 250 300 350 400 450 36,4 500 36,2 36,0 35,8 35,6 35,4 35,2 35,0 0 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 50 100 150 200 250 300 t/ha 350 400 450 500 7 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Coniferous forest ASAR VV ASC R² = 0,2004 -6,0 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 -7,0 dB -8,0 ASAR VV DSC -9,0 -10,0 -11,0 -12,0 R² = 0,1862 -6,0 -6,5 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 -7,0 -7,5 -8,0 -8,5 -9,0 -9,5 -10,0 -10,5 -11,0 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 8 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 9 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Accuracy assessment (if necessary) ALS National Forest Inventory (forest stand level) 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 10 GlobBiomass Regional Studies - POLAND Questions: Can the ALOS mosaic 2008 be used? How to address the limitations of the ASAR data set? Thank you for your attention! 20 June 2016 Globbiomass 11