Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and regrowth based on satellite observations for the 1980s and 1990s
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Carnegie Institution for Science · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Carbon fluxes from tropical deforestation and regrowth are highly uncertain components of the contemporary carbon budget, due in part to the lack of spatially explicit and consistent information on changes in forest area. We estimate fluxes for the 1980s and 1990s using subpixel estimates of percent tree cover derived from coarse (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) satellite data in combination with a terrestrial carbon model. The satellite-derived estimates of change in forest area are lower than national reports and remote-sensing surveys from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) in all tropical regions,…
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Authors
6- RDRuth DeFriesCorresponding
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
- RAR. A. Houghton
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
- MCMatthew C. Hansen
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
- CBChristopher B. Field
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
- DLDavid L. Skole
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Deforestation (computer science)
- Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer
- Tropics
- Carbon cycle
- Greenhouse gas
- Satellite
- Carbon fibers