MODIS Based Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass in China.

Accurate estimation of forest biomass C stock is essential to understand carbon cycles. However, current estimates of Chinese forest biomass are mostly based on inventory-based timber volumes and empirical conversion factors at the provincial scale, which could introduce large uncertainties in fores...

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Main Authors: Guodong Yin, Yuan Zhang, Yan Sun, Tao Wang, Zhenzhong Zeng, Shilong Piao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482713?pdf=render