Woody Aboveground Biomass Mapping of the Brazilian Savanna with a Multi-Sensor and Machine Learning Approach

Woody Aboveground Biomass Mapping of the Brazilian Savanna with a Multi-Sensor and Machine Learning Approach

The tropical savanna in Brazil known as the Cerrado covers circa 23% of the Brazilian territory, but only 3% of this area is protected. High rates of deforestation and degradation in the woodland and forest areas have made the Cerrado the second-largest source of carbon emissions in Brazil. However,...

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Main Authors: Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, Pedro Rodríguez-Veiga, Barbara Zimbres, Sabrina do Couto de Miranda, Cassio Henrique Giusti Cezare, Sam Fleming, Francesca Baldacchino, Valentin Louis, Dominik Rains, Mariano Garcia, Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo, Iris Roitman, Ana María Pacheco-Pascagaza, Yaqing Gou, John Roberts, Kirsten Barrett, Laerte Guimaraes Ferreira, Julia Zanin Shimbo, Ane Alencar, Mercedes Bustamante, Iain Hector Woodhouse, Edson Eyji Sano, Jean Pierre Ometto, Kevin Tansey, Heiko Balzter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
aboveground biomass
Cerrado ecosystem
random forest
SAR
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/17/2685

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