An overview of the JERS-1 SAR global boreal forest mapping (GBFM) project

Åke Rosenqvist; Masanobu Shimada; Bruce Chapman; Kyle McDonald; Gianfranco De Grandi; Hans Jonsson; Cynthia Williams; Yrjö Rauste; Matts Nilsson; D. Sango; M. Matsumoto

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368587

An overview of the JERS-1 SAR global boreal forest mapping (GBFM) project

Åke Rosenqvist, Masanobu Shimada, Bruce Chapman, Kyle McDonald, Gianfranco De Grandi, Hans Jonsson, Cynthia Williams, Yrjö Rauste, Matts Nilsson, D. Sango, M. Matsumoto

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Abstract

Boreal ecosystems play an essential role in global climate regulation. Forests constitute pools of terrestrial carbon and are generally considered as global sinks of atmospheric CO₂, contributing to attenuating the greenhouse effect. Large amounts of carbon are also stored in boreal lakes, bogs and wetlands, partially released as CH₄ and other trace gases to the atmosphere during the spring and summer months. Human activities in the forest zone are however reducing the size of the carbon pool and climate change is triggering shorter winters and earlier thaw onset, changing the natural equilibrium. Given its global importance, there is a need to map and monitor the boreal zone, and as the changes occur on all from local, regional to global scales, fine resolution information over vast areas is required. The Global Boreal Forest Mapping (GBFM) project is an international collaborative undertaking initiated by NASDA in 1996, as a follow-on to the tropical-focused Global Rain Forest Mapping (GRFM) project [1]. Utilising the L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JERS-1), one of the main objectives of the GBFM project is the generation of extensive, pan-boreal, SAR image mosaics, to provide snap-shots of the forest-, wetland and open water status in the mid-1990's. Mosaics over Canada, Alaska, Siberia and Europe have been generated, available on the Internet and on DVD free of charge for research and educational purposes. The GBFM project also entails research activities in North America, Siberia and northern Europe, aimed at advancing scientific applications of L-band SAR data in the boreal zone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2004)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7803-8742-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368587
Publication status	Published - 2004
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2004 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 20 Sept 2004 → 24 Sept 2004

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Conference	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2004
Abbreviated title	IGARSS 2004
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	20/09/04 → 24/09/04

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SAR
forest
mosaic
radar

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Rosenqvist, Å., Shimada, M., Chapman, B., McDonald, K., De Grandi, G., Jonsson, H., Williams, C., Rauste, Y., Nilsson, M., Sango, D., & Matsumoto, M. (2004). An overview of the JERS-1 SAR global boreal forest mapping (GBFM) project. In 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2004) Article 2WE_43_10 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368587

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An overview of the JERS-1 SAR global boreal forest mapping (GBFM) project. / Rosenqvist, Åke; Shimada, Masanobu; Chapman, Bruce et al.
2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2004). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2004. 2WE_43_10.

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