The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

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Schepaschenko, Dmitry ^{[1, 2]} ; Chave, Jerome ^[3] ; Phillips, Oliver L. ^[4] ; Lewis, Simon L. ^{[4, 5]} ; Davies, Stuart J. ^[6] ; Rejou-Mechain, Maxime ^[7] ; Sist, Plinio ^{[8, 9]} ; Scipal, Klaus ^[10] ; Perger, Christoph ^{[1, 11]} ; Herault, Bruno ^{[8, 9, 12]} ; Labriere, Nicolas ^[3] ; Hofhansl, Florian ^[1] ; Affum-Baffoe, Kofi ^[13] ; Aleinikov, Alexei ^[14] ; Alonso, Alfonso ^[15] ; Amani, Christian ^[16] ; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro ^[17] ; Armston, John ^{[18, 19]} ; Arroyo, Luzmila ^[20] ; Ascarrunz, Nataly ^[21] ; Azevedo, Celso ^[22] ; Baker, Timothy ^[4] ; Balazy, Radomir ^[23] ; Bedeau, Caroline ^[24] ; Berry, Nicholas ^[25] ; Bilous, Andrii M. ^[26] ; Bilous, Svitlana Yu. ^[26] ; Bissiengou, Pulcherie ^[27] ; Blanc, Lilian ^{[8, 9]} ; Bobkova, Kapitolina S. ^[28] ; Braslavskaya, Tatyana ^[14] ; Brienen, Roel ^[4] ; Burslem, David F. R. P. ^[29] ; Condit, Richard ^[30] ; Cuni-Sanchez, Aida ^[31] ; Danilina, Dilshad ^[32] ; del Castillo Torres, Dennis ^[33] ; Derroire, Geraldine ^[34] ; Descroix, Laurent ^[24] ; Sotta, Eleneide Doff ^[35] ; d'Oliveira, Marcus V. N. ^[36] ; Dresel, Christopher ^{[1, 11]} ; Erwin, Terry ^[37] ; Evdokimenko, Mikhail D. ^[32] ; Falck, Jan ^[38] ; Feldpausch, Ted R. ^[39] ; Foli, Ernest G. ^[40] ; Foster, Robin ^[41] ; Fritz, Steffen ^[1] ; Damian Garcia-Abril, Antonio ^[42] ; Gornov, Aleksey ^[14] ; Gornova, Maria ^[14] ; Gothard-Bassebe, Ernest ^[43] ; Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie ^{[8, 9]} ; Guedes, Marcelino ^[35] ; Hamer, Keith C. ^[44] ; Susanty, Farida Herry ^[45] ; Higuchi, Niro ^[46] ; Honorio Coronado, Euridice N. ^[33] ; Hubau, Wannes ^{[4, 47]} ; Hubbell, Stephen ^[48] ; Ilstedt, Ulrik ^[38] ; Ivanov, Viktor V. ^[32] ; Kanashiro, Milton ^[49] ; Karlsson, Anders ^[38] ; Karminov, Viktor N. ^[14] ; Killeen, Timothy ^[50] ; Koffi, Jean-Claude Konan ^[51] ; Konovalova, Maria ^[32] ; Kraxner, Florian ^[1] ; Krejza, Jan ^[52] ; Krisnawati, Haruni ^[45] ; Krivobokov, Leonid V. ^[32] ; Kuznetsov, Mikhail A. ^[28] ; Lakyda, Ivan ^[26] ; Lakyda, Petro I. ^[26] ; Licona, Juan Carlos ^[21] ; Lucas, Richard M. ^[53] ; Lukina, Natalia ^[14] ; Lussetti, Daniel ^[38] ; Malhi, Yadvinder ^[54] ; Antonio Manzanera, Jose ^[42] ; Marimon, Beatriz ^[55] ; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur ^[55] ; Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo ^{[56, 57]} ; Martynenko, Olga V. ^[58] ; Matsala, Maksym ^[26] ; Matyashuk, Raisa K. ^[59] ; Mazzei, Lucas ^[49] ; Memiaghe, Herve ^[60] ; Mendoza, Casimiro ^[61] ; Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel ^{[56, 57]} ; Moroziuk, Olga V. ^[26] ; Mukhortova, Liudmila ^[32] ; Musa, Samsudin ^[62] ; Nazimova, Dina I. ^[32] ; Okuda, Toshinori ^[63] ; Oliveira, Luis Claudio ^[36] ; Ontikov, Petr V. ^[2] ; Osipov, Andrey F. ^[28] ; Pietsch, Stephan ^[1] ; Playfair, Maureen ^[64] ; Poulsen, John ^[65] ; Radchenko, Vladimir G. ^[59] ; Rodney, Kenneth ^[66] ; Rozak, Andes H. ^[67] ; Ruschel, Ademir ^[49] ; Rutishauser, Ervan ^[68] ; See, Linda ^[1] ; Shchepashchenko, Maria ^[58] ; Shevchenko, Nikolay ^[14] ; Shvidenko, Anatoly ^{[1, 32]} ; Silveira, Marcos ^[69] ; Singh, James ^[70] ; Sonke, Bonaventure ^[71] ; Souza, Cintia ^[22] ; Sterenczak, Krzysztof ^[23] ; Stonozhenko, Leonid ^[58] ; Sullivan, Martin J. P. ^[4] ; Szatniewska, Justyna ^[52] ; Aedoumg, Hermann T. ^{[71, 72]} ; Ter Steege, Hans ^[73] ; Tikhonova, Elena ^[14] ; Toledo, Marisol ^[20] ; Trefilova, Olga V. ^[32] ; Valbuena, Ruben ^[74] ; Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis ^{[56, 57]} ; Vasiliev, Sergey ^[2] ; Vedrova, Estella F. ^[32] ; Verhovets, Sergey V. ^{[75, 76]} ; Vidal, Edson ^[77] ; Vladimirova, Nadezhda A. ^[78] ; Vleminckx, Jason ^[79] ; Vos, Vincent A. ^[80] ; Vozmitel, Foma K. ^[2] ; Wanek, Wolfgang ^[81] ; West, Thales A. P. ^[82] ; Woell, Hannsjorg ^[83] ; Woods, John T. ^[84] ; Wortel, Verginia ^[64] ; Yamada, Toshihiro ^[63] ; Hajar, Zamah Shari Nur ^[62] ; Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir ^[12]

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^[1] Int Inst Appl Syst Anal, Ecosyst Serv & Management Program, A-2361 Laxenburg - Austria

^[2] Bauman Moscow State Tech Univ, Fac Forestry, Mytishchi 141005 - Russia

^[3] Univ Paul Sabatier, CNRS, Lab Evolut & Divers Biol, Toulouse - France

^[4] Univ Leeds, Sch Geog, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire - England

^[5] UCL, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH - England

^[6] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Forest Global Earth Observ, POB 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - USA

^[7] Univ Montpellier, INRA, CNRS, AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier - France

^[8] CIRAD, Forets & Soc, Campus Int Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier - France

^[9] Univ Montpellier, Forets & Soc, CIRAD, F-34398 Montpellier - France

^[10] European Space Agcy, Estec, Noordwijk - Netherlands

^[11] Spatial Focus GmbH, Vienna - Austria

^[12] INP HB, Dept Foresterie & Environm DFR FOREN, Inst Natl Polytech Felix Houphouet Boigny, BP 2661, Yamoussoukro - Cote Ivoire

^[13] Forestry Commiss Ghana, Mensurat Unit, 4 Third Ave Ridge, POB M434, Kumasi - Ghana

^[14] Russian Acad Sci, Ctr Forest Ecol & Prod, Profsoyuznaya 84-32-14, Moscow 117997 - Russia

^[15] Smithsonian Conservat Biol Inst, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Suite 3123, Washington, DC 20560 - USA

^[16] CIFOR, Ctr Int Forestry Res, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Bogor 16115 - Indonesia

^[17] Univ Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

^[18] Univ Maryland, Dept Geog Sci, 2181 Lefrak Hall, College Pk, MD 20742 - USA

^[19] Univ Queensland, Joint Remote Sensing Res Program, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Chamberlain Bldg 35, Campbell Rd, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4072 - Australia

^[20] Univ Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Museo Hist Nat Noel Kempff Mercado, Ave Irala 565 Casilla, 2489, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

^[21] IBIF, Ave 6 Agosto 28, Km 14 Doble Via La Guardia, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

^[22] EMBRAPA, Rodovia AM 10, Km 29, BR-69010970 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[23] Forest Res Inst, Dept Geomat, Braci Lesnej 3, PL-05090 Sekocin Stary, Raszyn - Poland

^[24] ONF Reserve Montabo Cayenne, ONF, BP 7002, Cayenne 97307 - French Guiana

^[25] Landscapes & Livelihoods Grp, 20 Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JZ, Midlothian - Scotland

^[26] Natl Univ Life & Environm Sci Ukraine, Gen Rodimtsev 19, UA-3041 Kiev - Ukraine

^[27] Herbier Natl Gabon IPHAMETRA, BP 1165, Libreville - Gabon

^[28] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Biol, Komi Sci Ctr, Ural Branch, Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar 167982 - Russia

^[29] Univ Aberdeen, Sch Biol Sci, Cruickshank Bldg, St Machar Dr, Aberdeen AB24 3UU - Scotland

^[30] Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL 60532 - USA

^[31] Univ York, Dept Environm & Geog, York YO10 5NG, N Yorkshire - England

^[32] Russian Acad Sci, VN Sukachev Inst Forest, Siberian Branch, Acad Gorodok 50 28, Krasnoyarsk 660036 - Russia

^[33] Inst Invest Amazonia Peruana, Ave Abelardo Quinones Km 2-5, Apartado Postal 784, Iquitos - Peru

^[34] CIRAD, UMR EcoFoG, Campus Agron BP 701, F-97387 Kourou - France

^[35] EMBRAPA, Rodovia Juscelino Kubitscheck, Km 5, 2-600, BR-68903419 Macapa - Brazil

^[36] EMBRAPA, BR 364, Caixa Postal 321, BR-69900970 Rio Branco - Brazil

^[37] Smithsonian Inst, SI Entomol, POB 37012, MRC 187, Washington, DC 20013 - USA

^[38] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Forest Ecol & Management, SLU, SE-90183 Umea - Sweden

^[39] Univ Exeter, Geog, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Laver Bldg, North Pk Rd, Exeter EX4 4QE, Devon - England

^[40] KNUST, Forestry Res Inst Ghana, UP Box 63, Kumasi - Ghana

^[41] Field Musium, 1400S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 - USA

^[42] Univ Politecn Madrid, Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7, E-28040 Madrid - Spain

^[43] ICRA, BP 122, Bangui - Cent Afr Republ

^[44] Univ Leeds, Sch Biol, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire - England

^[45] Forestry & Environm Res Dev & Innovat Agcy, FOERDIA, Jalan Gunung Batu 5, Bogor 16610 - Indonesia

^[46] Inst Nacl de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Coordenacao Pesquisas Silvicultura Trop, BR-69060001 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[47] Univ Ghent, U Gent Woodlab, Lab Wood Technol, Dept Environm, B-9000 Ghent - Belgium

^[48] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, 621 Charles E Young Dr South, Los Angeles, CA 90095 - USA

^[49] Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, BR-66095903 Belem, Para - Brazil

^[50] World Wildlife Fund, Calle Diego de Mendoza 299, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

^[51] Sodefor, Blvd Francois Mitterrand, 01BP 3770, Abidjan - Cote Ivoire

^[52] CAS, Global Change Res Inst, Belidla 986-4a, Brno 60300 - Czech Republic

^[53] Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Geog & Earth Sci, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Dyfed - Wales

^[54] Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Oxford OX1 3QY - England

^[55] Univ Estado Mato Grosso, Lab Ecol Vegetal, UNEMAT, Campus Nova Xavantina, BR-78690000 Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso - Brazil

^[56] Jardin Bot Missouri, Oxapampa - Peru

^[57] Univ Nacl San Antonio Abad Cusco, Oxapampa - Peru

^[58] Russian Inst Continuous Educ Forestry, Inst Skaya 17, Pushchino 141200 - Russia

^[59] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Evolutionary Ecol, Lebedev 37, UA-03143 Kiev - Ukraine

^[60] Univ Oregon, 1585 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403 - USA

^[61] Forest Management Bolivia, Sacta - Bolivia

^[62] FRIM, Kuala Lumpur 52109 - Malaysia

^[63] Hiroshima Univ, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Hiroshima 7398521 - Japan

^[64] CELOS, Ctr Agr Res Suriname, Paramaribo 1914 - Surinam

^[65] Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm, POB 90328, Durham, NC 27708 - USA

^[66] Iwokrama Int Ctr Rain Forest Conservat & Dev, IIC, 77 High St, Georgetown - Guyana

^[67] Indonesian Inst Sci LIPI, Cibodas Bot Gardens, Jl Kebun Raya Cibodas, Cipanas 43253, Cianjur - Indonesia

^[68] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Ancon 3092, Panama - Panama

^[69] Univ Fed Acre, Museu Univ, BR 364, Km 04 Dist Ind, BR-69915559 Rio Branco - Brazil

^[70] Guyana Forestry Commiss, 1 Water St, Kingston Georgetown - Guyana

^[71] Univ Yaounde I, Plant Systemat & Ecol Lab, POB 047, Yaounde - Cameroon

^[72] Biovers Int, POB 2008, Yaounde - Cameroon

^[73] Nat Biodivers Ctr, Leiden - Netherlands

^[74] Bangor Univ, Sch Nat Sci, Thoday Bldg Deiniol Rd, Bangor LL57 2UW, Gwynedd - Wales

^[75] Siberian Fed Univ, Svobodnyy Ave 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041 - Russia

^[76] Reshetnev Siberian State Univ Sci & Technol, Pr Mira 82, Krasnoyarsk 660049 - Russia

^[77] Univ Sao Paolo, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, Dept Forens Sci, POB 9, Ave Padua Dias 11, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[78] State Nat Reserve Denezhkin Kamen, Lenina 6, Sverdlovsk Reg 624480, Severouralsk - Russia

^[79] Florida Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Int Ctr Trop Bot, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199 - USA

^[80] Univ Autonoma Beni, Riberalta - Bolivia

^[81] Univ Vienna, Dept Microbiol & Ecosyst Sci, Div Terr Ecosyst Res, Althanstr 14, A-1090 Vienna - Austria

^[82] New Zealand Forest Res Inst Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovat Pk, 49 Sala St, Rotorua 3046 - New Zealand

^[83] Sommersbergseestr 291, A-8990 Bad Aussee - Austria

^[84] Univ Liberia, WRT Coll Agr & Forestry, Capitol Hill, Monrovia 9020 - Liberia

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTIFIC DATA; v. 6, OCT 10 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS- based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/50718-5 - Ecological restoration of riparian forests, native forest of economic production and of degraded forest fragments (in APP and RL) based on restoration ecology of reference ecosystems in order to scientifically test the precepts of the New Brazilian Forest Code
• Grantee: Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/16262-4 - Long-term monitoring of the dynamics of an logging forest conventional and forest management techniques in the Eastern Amazon and its relationship with climate change in forests managed for wood production
• Grantee: Edson José Vidal da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants