First Evidence of Peat Domes in the Congo Basin using LiDAR from a Fixed-Wing Drone

First Evidence of Peat Domes in the Congo Basin using LiDAR from a Fixed-Wing Drone

The world’s most extensive tropical peatlands occur in the Cuvette Centrale depression in the Congo Basin, which stores 30.6 petagrams of carbon (95% CI, 6.3–46.8). Improving our understanding of the genesis, development and functioning of these under-studied peatlands requires knowledge of their to...

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Main Authors: Ian J. Davenport, Iain McNicol, Edward T. A. Mitchard, Greta Dargie, Ifo Suspense, Brice Milongo, Yannick E. Bocko, Donna Hawthorne, Ian Lawson, Andy J. Baird, Susan Page, Simon L. Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
peat
LiDAR
dome
carbon
ICESat
ICESat-2
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/14/2196

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