Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees, the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron, are among the largest trees and the oldest living things on Earth. However, with the global climate change, the current natural distribution of giant sequoia trees is restricted to an area of about 150 km2 on the western slopes of California’s Sierra […]
We have successfully held the Symposium on Application of Remote Sensing in Biodiversity ！
The symposium on “application of remote sensing in biodiversity” was successfully held on November 15, 2017, at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of sciences. This conference was hosted by the Institute of Botany of the CAS, the Satellite Environment Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Biodiversity Committee of the CAS, and […]
2017.06 We have successfully held the 3rd Seminar on LiDAR Application in Forest Ecology!
The 3rd seminar on LiDAR application in forest ecology was held by the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Science(IB-CAS), from Jun. 1st to Jun. 5th, 2017. More than 200 participants from 60 organizations participated in this workshop. The deputy director of the IB-CAS, Xiaoquan Wang, and the deputy director of the State Key […]
Welcome! Prof. Henry Lin of Pennsylvania State University came for academic communication!
Click here to learn more about Prof. Henry Lin： http://ecosystems.psu.edu/directory/hul3
Welcome！Prof. Maggi Kelly of UC Berkeley came for academic communication！
Click here to learn more about Prof. Maggi Kelly： http://kellylab.berkeley.edu/
Congraduation! Yanjun Su won Willian A.Fischer Memeorial Scholarship!
Willian A.Fischer Memeorial Scholarship To facilitate graduate-level studies and career goals directed towards new and innovative uses of remote sensing data/techniques that relate to the natural, cultural, or agricultural resources of the Earth. Eligibility: Current or prospective graduate student members of ASPRS. From https://www.asprs.org/awards-and-scholarships/william-a-fischer-memorial-scholarship.html
China forest AGB map-1
The global forest ecosystem, which acts as a large carbon sink, plays an important role in modeling the global carbon balance. An accurate estimation of the total forest carbon stock in the above ground biomass (AGB) is therefore necessary to improve our understanding of carbon dynamics, especially against the background of global climate change. In […]
Global forest AGB map-1
Global forest ecosystems form a large carbon pool, and are a critical component of the global carbon cycle. Accurate estimations of global forest aboveground biomass (AGB) will improve understanding of global carbon dynamics and help quantify anthropogenic carbon emissions. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) techniques have been proven to accurately capture both horizontal and vertical […]
Global forest woody residence time-1
Woody residence time is an important parameter that expresses the balance between mature forest recruitment/growth and mortality. Using field data collected from the literature, our group explored the global forest τw and investigated its influence on model simulations of aboveground biomass (AGB) at a global scale. We estimated the global 1 km τw using a random forest […]
Corrected SRTM DEM-1
SRTM (shuttle radar topography mission) DEM (digital elevation model) is a near-global terrain product with high accuracy, and has been widely used in many researches, such as hydrological survey, geological hazards assessment, and ecological protection. However, it has been proved that SRTM DEM is systematic higher than the real ground truth in vegetation regions, as […]