GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task Europe (ESA), Australia (CSIRO), Norway (NSC), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA), Brazil (INPE), USA (USGS), Thailand (GISTDA) FAO, GOFC-GOLD JRC-EC, Wageningen Univ, USDA, Woods Hole, Restec, NIES
Feb 08, 2016
GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task
Europe (ESA), Australia (CSIRO), Norway (NSC), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA), Brazil (INPE), USA (USGS), Thailand (GISTDA)
FAO, GOFC-GOLD
JRC-EC, Wageningen Univ, USDA, Woods Hole, Restec, NIES
Symbios, Google
What is CEOS?
28 space agencies
20 participating organizations
CEOS Virtual Constellations
Common requirements, independent satellites, compatible data (CEOS – Committee on Earth Observation Systems)
Atmospheric CompositionAir quality, CO2
Land Surface Imagingecosystem monitoring
Ocean Surface Topographyclimate variability
Precipitationweather forecasts
Ocean Color Radiometrymarine ecosystems
Ocean Surface Vector Wind
Forest Carbon Tracking – Task Force
Is it feasible to monitor the world´s tropical forests?
The need
An operational global network of national forest monitoring systems
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of forest in the COP15 agreement
Network of Forest Monitoring Systems
Standards &
Methods
Satellite
In-situ
Carbon Models
Country-X Forest
Monitoring System
LocalForest
Measurementsites
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UNFCCCRules
Forest& Carbon
Info Products
Forest & Carbon
Monitoring
Verificat
Local Observations
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ReportingAccounting
Systems
Capacity Building
Product Requirements
National level Forest information (border-to-border) - to avoid ‘leakage’
Annual Change basis (i.e. time-series)
Resolution (best operationally available eg 25 m)
Time-Series & InteroperabilityS
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Timeline of Forest Carbon Tracking Task
Standards, Methods Definition& Continuous Improvement
FCT National Demonstrators 2009
BrazilGuyanaMexicoIndonesia (Borneo)Australia (Tasmania)CameroonTanzania
Further expansion in 2010
Landsat Acquisitions over Borneo
173 ETM+ Scenes in USGS Archive from May – August 2009
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Initial Products: SAR mosaic of Borneo + classified image
2009 Borneo Island NDALOS PALSAR
JAXA / METI 2009
CBERS@INPE: 1 million images (2004-2009)
LANDSAT @USGS: 1 million images (Jan-Aug-2009)
GMES Sentinels @ESA-EC: Data will be open access (Sep 2009)
Open access data policies: a qualified success
23rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 November 2009
GEO FCT Data Portal[http://portal.geo-fct.org/ - official launch GEO-VI, Nov.18, 2009]
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