GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task

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GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task

• Europe (ESA), Australia (CSIRO), Norway (NSC),
  Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA), Brazil (INPE), USA
  (USGS), Thailand (GISTDA)
• FAO, GOFC-GOLD
• JRC-EC, Wageningen Univ, USDA, Woods Hole,
  Restec, NIES
• Symbios, Google

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What is CEOS?
28 space agencies
20 participating organizations
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CEOS Virtual Constellations
Common requirements, independent satellites,
compatible data (CEOS Committee on Earth
Observation Systems)
Atmospheric Composition Air quality, CO2 Land Surface Imaging ecosystem monitoring
Ocean Surface Topography climate variability Precipitation weather forecasts
Ocean Color Radiometry marine ecosystems Ocean Surface Vector Wind
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Forest Carbon Tracking Task Force
Is it feasible to monitor the worlds tropical
forests?
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The need

• An operational global network of national forest
  monitoring systems
• Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of
  forest in the COP15 agreement

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Network of Forest Monitoring Systems
Standards Methods
Reporting Accounting Systems
UNFCCC Rules
Country-X Forest Monitoring System
Satellite In-situ
Forest Carbon Monitoring
Carbon Models

Forest Carbon Info Products
Local Forest Measurementsites
Capacity Building
Verificat
Local Observations /Data
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Product Requirements

• National level Forest information
  (border-to-border) - to avoid leakage
• Annual Change basis (i.e. time-series)
• Resolution (best operationally available eg 25 m)

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Time-Series Interoperability
Systematic Satellite Data Acquisitions
SAR
1972
Forest Inventory or Carbon Model
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Accounting Rules and International Reporting
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1972
Verification
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1996

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2003
2003
Optical




2012
2012
Forest Cover Product
Consistency is critical
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Timeline of Forest Carbon Tracking Task
Standards, Methods Definition Continuous
Improvement
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FCT National Demonstrators 2009

• Brazil
• Guyana
• Mexico
• Indonesia (Borneo)
• Australia (Tasmania)
• Cameroon
• Tanzania
• Further expansion in 2010

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Landsat Acquisitions over Borneo
173 ETM Scenes in USGS Archive from May August
2009
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Initial Products SAR mosaic of Borneo
classified image
2009 Borneo Island ND ALOS PALSAR
JAXA / METI 2009
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Open access data policies a qualified success
CBERS_at_INPE 1 million images (2004-2009)
LANDSAT _at_USGS 1 million images (Jan-Aug-2009)
GMES Sentinels _at_ESA-EC Data will be open access
(Sep 2009)
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GEO FCT Data Portalhttp//portal.geo-fct.org/
- official launch GEO-VI, Nov.18, 2009
Supported by Google