IKONOS imagery for the Large Scale Biosphere–Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

Authors

George C. Hurtt, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Xiangming Xiao, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Michael Keller, USDA Forest ServiceFollow
Michael W. Palace, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Gregory P. Asner, Carnegie Institution for ScienceFollow
Rob Braswell, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Eduardo Brondizio, Indiana University - Bloomington
Manoel Cardoso, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Claudio J.R. Carvalho, EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental, Brazil
M G. Fearon, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Liane Guild, NASA Ames Research Center
Stephen Hagen, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Scott Hetrick, NASA Ames Research Center
B Moore, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Carlos Nobre, CPTEC/INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil
Jane M. Read, Syracuse University
Tatiana Sa, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belem, PA, Brazil
Annette Schloss, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
George Vourlitis, California State University, San Marcos
Albertus J. Wickel, University of Bonn, Germany

Abstract

The LBA-ECO program is one of several international research components under the Brazilian-led Large Scale Biosphere–Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA). The field-oriented research activities of this study are organized along transects and include a set of primary field sites, where the major objective is to study land-use change and ecosystem dynamics, and a smaller set of 15 operational eddy flux tower sites, where the major objective is to quantify net exchange of CO₂ with the atmosphere. To supplement these studies and help to address issues of fine-scale spatial heterogeneity and scaling, high-resolution satellite imagery (IKONOS, 1–4 m) have been acquired over some of these study sites. This paper begins with a description of the acquisition strategy and IKONOS holdings for LBA. This section is followed with a review of some of the most promising new applications of these data in LBA.

Department

Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Research Center

Publication Date

10-30-2003

Journal Title

Remote Sensing of Environment

Publisher

Elsevier

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.rse.2003.04.004

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

George Hurtt, Xiangming Xiao, Michael Keller, Michael Palace, Gregory P Asner, Rob Braswell, Eduardo S Brondı́zio, Manoel Cardoso, Claudio J.R Carvalho, Matthew G Fearon, Liane Guild, Steve Hagen, Scott Hetrick, Berrien Moore III, Carlos Nobre, Jane M Read, Tatiana Sá, Annette Schloss, George Vourlitis, Albertus J Wickel, IKONOS imagery for the Large Scale Biosphere–Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 88, Issues 1–2, 30 November 2003, Pages 111-127, ISSN 0034-4257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2003.04.004.

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