{"id":33733,"date":"2024-07-25T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/?p=33733"},"modified":"2024-07-25T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:15:46","slug":"spotlight-on-lmics-revealing-the-amazons-secrets-advanced-biomass-mapping-with-ai-and-light-detection-and-ranging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/2024\/07\/25\/spotlight-on-lmics-revealing-the-amazons-secrets-advanced-biomass-mapping-with-ai-and-light-detection-and-ranging\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on LMICs &#8211; Revealing the Amazon\u2019s Secrets: Advanced Biomass Mapping with AI and Light Detection and Ranging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Amazon Forest, the largest contiguous tropical forest in the world, holds an estimated 123 billion tons of terrestrial carbon, making it a vital carbon sink that absorbs more greenhouse gasses than any other tropical forest. Monitoring changes in its carbon stocks due to climate and land use is crucial. However, traditional forest inventory data cover only a small portion of the Amazon, resulting in insufficient data for reliable interpolation, validation, and science-based policy making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jean Pierre Ometto et al. used the largest airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) database ever collected in the Amazon, mapping 360,000\u2009km2 through transects distributed in all vegetation categories in the region to present a new forest above-ground biomass map for the Brazilian Amazon. The study uses airborne laser scanning (ALS) data calibrated by field forest inventories that are extrapolated to the region using a machine learning approach with inputs from Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), vegetation indices obtained from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite, and precipitation information from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Study outputs include several tangible products that can be accessed through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/10567654\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zenodo repository<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LiDAR transects boundaries, location and attributes summarized in a shapefile format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An above ground biomass (AGB) map presented a maximum AGB value of 518 Mg ha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u22121<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a mean AGB of 174 Mg ha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u22121<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and a standard deviation of 102 Mg ha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u22121<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map of the uncertainty of AGB estimates (Mg ha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u22121<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) across the Amazon biome.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33735 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-700x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-700x494.jpg 700w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMIC-July-24.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>This unique dataset has definitively moved the needle as it allows for a better representation of the regional distribution of forest biomass and structure. It provides crucial information for further research and informs decision-making on forest conservation, planning, carbon emissions estimates, and designing strategies for reducing carbon emissions.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1721923794065{padding-top: 100px !important;}&#8221;]<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33736 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto-700x467.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto-700x467.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/futureearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SLMICs-Headshot-Ometto.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>Dr. Jean Ometto is a part of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) Global Research Network of Future Earth. His research focuses on the diagnosis and prognosis of anthropogenic activities and climatic changes, in natural biogeochemical processes, land use and land cover, greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability indicators, including mitigation and adaptation actions; with contributions to the Brazilian government on issues related to the quantification of carbon emissions of the land use, land-use change and forestry sector. Dr. Ometto is a Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Space Research and Coordinator of the Earth System Science Center (CCST \/ INPE), Postgraduate Professor at CCST \/ INPE, and Collaborating Professor at NEPAM (UNICAMP).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ometto, J.P., Gorgens, E.B., de Souza Pereira, F.R., Sato L, Lucio Rodrigures de Assis M, Cantinho R, Longo M, Jacon A.D., and Keller M. (2023). A Biomass Map of the Brazilian Amazon from Multisource Remote Sensing. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sci Data.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 10, 668. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-023-02575-4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-023-02575-4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you have a recent publication within the Global South that you would like spotlighted? 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