Amazon forest biomass density maps: Tackling the uncertainty in carbon emission estimates

Climatic Change

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-560

  Ometto, Jean Pierre ^a   Aguiar, Ana Paula ^a   Assis, Talita ^a   Soler, Luciana ^b   Valle, Pedro ^c   Tejada, Graciela ^a   Lapola, David M ^d   Meir, Patrick ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Technology and Innovation   (Brazil)

^c GeoPixel   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOIL EMISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84902240194     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1058-7     Document Type: Article

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