Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring

Oleg Antropov; Jukka Miettinen; Tuomas Hame; Rauste Yrjo; Lauri Seitsonen; Ronald E. McRoberts; Maurizio Santoro; Oliver Cartus; Natalia Malaga Duran; Martin Herold; Matteo Pardini; Kostas Papathanassiou; Irena Hajnsek

doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884618

Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring

Oleg Antropov
, Jukka Miettinen
, Tuomas Hame
, Rauste Yrjo
, Lauri Seitsonen
, Ronald E. McRoberts
, Maurizio Santoro
, Oliver Cartus
, Natalia Malaga Duran
, Martin Herold
, Matteo Pardini
, Kostas Papathanassiou
, Irena Hajnsek

University of Minnesota
GAMMA Remote Sensing and Consulting AG
Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Abstract

ESA Forest Carbon Monitoring project (FCM) is developing Earth Observation based, user-centric approaches for forest carbon monitoring. Forest carbon accounting based on forest inventory requires precise and timely estimation of forest variables at various spatial levels accompanied by verifiable uncertainty information. In this paper, we present the algorithm trade-off and selection approach and preliminary results of the algorithm intercomparison exercise in the FCM project. The studies were performed over 7 European test sites located in Finland, Ireland, Romania, Spain and Switzerland, and one tropical forest site in Peru. EO datasets were represented by Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, TanDEM-X and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 imagery. Examined approaches include popular parametric and SAR/InSAR scattering physics based approaches, and nonparametric and machine learning approaches such as k-NN, random forests, support vector regression.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2022
Subtitle of host publication	2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	5777-5780
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-2792-0, 978-1-6654-2791-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-2793-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884618
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2022
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 17 Jul 2022 → 22 Jul 2022

Publication series

Series	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings
Volume	2022-July
ISSN	2153-6996

Conference

Conference	2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	17/07/22 → 22/07/22

Funding

The research was funded by ESA within Forest Carbon Monitoring project.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2
clustering
forest carbon
forest management
interferometry
Sentinel-1
Sentinel-2
synthetic aperture radar
TanDEM-X

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Antropov, O., Miettinen, J., Hame, T., Yrjo, R., Seitsonen, L., McRoberts, R. E., Santoro, M., Cartus, O., Duran, N. M., Herold, M., Pardini, M., Papathanassiou, K., & Hajnsek, I. (2022). Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring. In IGARSS 2022: 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 5777-5780). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884618

Antropov, Oleg ; Miettinen, Jukka ; Hame, Tuomas et al. / Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring. IGARSS 2022: 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2022. pp. 5777-5780 (IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2022-July).

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Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring. / Antropov, Oleg ; Miettinen, Jukka; Hame, Tuomas et al.
IGARSS 2022: 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2022. p. 5777-5780 (IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2022-July).

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Intercomparison of Earth Observation Data and Methods for Forest Mapping in the Context of Forest Carbon Monitoring

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