B53E:
Remote Sensing of Forests and Plantations in the Tropical and Subtropical Zones Posters

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Session ID#: 14008

Session Description:
Forests and plantations in the tropical and sub-tropical zones play an important role in regional and global carbon cycle. In this session we highlight recent progress in our capacity in remote sensing of forests and plantations in tropical and subtropical zones, and our understanding of spatial-temporal dynamics of forests and plantations in the tropical and subtropical zones. We welcome contributions that use remote sensing (e.g., optical, synthetic aperture radar, LiDAR) to address the following topics such as (1) area and spatial distribution of forests and plantations, (2) carbon fluxes of forests and plantations, and (3) carbon stock (aboveground biomass) of forests and plantations. We also welcome contributions that combine both remote sensing and models to estimate carbon fluxes and stocks of forests and plantations.
Primary Convener:  Xiangming Xiao, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Jinwei Dong, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States and Yuanwei Qin, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Chairs:  Yuanwei Qin1, Jinwei Dong1 and Xiangming Xiao2, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States(2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Yuanwei Qin, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Quantifying forest LAI succession in sub-tropical forests using time-series of Landsat data, 1987 -2015 (129681)
Qiaoli Wu1, Jinling Song1, Jindi Wang1, Shaoyuan Chen2, Bo Yu3 and Limin Liao3, (1)Beijing Normal University, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing, China, (2)Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, (3)Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Identification of stand age in rubber plantations using time series Landsat and PALSAR-2 data (130426)
Bangqian Chen1, Zhixiang Wu2, Xiangming Xiao3, Xiangping Li4, Jun Ma4, Guoyu Lan2, Chuan Yang2, Guishui Xie2, Jinwei Dong5 and Yuanwei Qin5, (1)Danzhou Investigation & Experiment Station of Tropical Cops, Ministry of Agriculture, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Danzhou, China, (2)Rubber Research Institute, Ecology, Danzhou, China, (3)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States, (4)Fudan University, Shanghai, China, (5)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Regional Mapping of Plantation Extent Using Multisensor Imagery (Invited) (185004)
Nathan Torbick1, Lindsay Ledoux2, Stephen Hagen2 and William Salas2, (1)Mitti Labs Limited, Mumbai, India, (2)Applied Geosolutions, LLC, Durham, NH, United States
Environmental Controls on Above-Ground Biomass in the Taita Hills, Kenya (173251)
Hari Adhikari1, Janne Heiskanen1, Mika Siljander1, Eduardo Eiji Maeda2, Vuokko Heikinheimo1 and Petri Pellikka2, (1)University of Helsinki, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Improving the Accuracy of Mapping Urban Vegetation Carbon Density by Combining Shadow Remove, Spectral Unmixing Analysis and Spatial Modeling (174647)
Guangping Qie1, Guangxing Wang2 and Minzi Wang1, (1)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States, (2)Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Earth Systems and Sustainability, Carbondale, United States
Extraction of Forest Dynamics and Biophysical Parameters Using LiDAR and PolInSAR Data Fusion Approach (A Case Study of Lope National Park, Gabon) (175125)
Maryam Pourshamsi, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1, United Kingdom
Is geographic range of the Contiguous United States’ mangroves expanding towards the pole due to climate change? (176088)
Chandra Prasad Giri, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, United States
Spatio-temporal Change Patterns of Tropical Forests from 2000 to 2014 Using MOD09A1 Dataset (153648)
Yuanwei Qin, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Center for Earth Observation and Modeling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, Xiangming Xiao, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States and Jinwei Dong, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Impacts of Myanmar’s Democratic Transition on its Land Cover Dynamics. (198420)
Sumalika Biswas, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, United States
Oil palm mapping for Malaysia using PALSAR-2 dataset (Invited) (200099)
Peng Gong, Tsinghua University, Center for Earth System Science, Beijing, China, Cheng Yu Qi, Henan University, College of Environment and Planning, Kaifeng, China, Le Yu, Tsinghua University, Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Beijing, China and Arthur Cracknell, University of Dundee, School of Science and Engineering, Dundee, United Kingdom

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