Surveying biomass from space
Friday, November 2, 2012
Researchers from the US Forest Service, NASA and Colorado State University are sizing up biomass from space.
The biomass stored in forests is thought to play a critical role in mitigating the catastrophic effects of global climate change. Researchers have been able to have been able to develop a randomisation protocol which allows accurate estimates of total biomass while viewing it from space.
Blog Categories:
Issue Topic:
- Log in to post comments
Issue Topics
- Wildfire
- Biomass & Renewable Energy
- Climate Change
- USDA Forest Service
- Other
- Sustainability
- Pests and Disease
- Urban Forests
- International Forestry
- Water Quality
- Forest Health
- Green Building
- Education
- Farm Bill
- Member Resources
- Environmental Markets
- National Forests
- Appropriations
- Threatened & Endangered Species
- Forest Inventory & Analysis
- Forest Certification
- NASF Annual Meeting
- Air Quality
- Tax Policy
- All