ESA investigates new methods of mapping tropical forest from space
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 10:28
in Earth & Climate
Tropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass. However, mapping these carbon stocks from space poses a huge technical challenge. An airborne campaign, being carried out in South America, is showing how spaceborne radar could be an answer.
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