How to map the changing carbon stocks of the world's tropical forests
OCTF lunchtime seminar – all welcome
Edward Mitchard leads a research group working on developing and testing methods of using remote sensing data from satellite and drones to map the carbon stocks of tropical forests and savannas. He will discuss the different types of remote sensing data, and their strengths and weaknesses in mapping deforestation, degradation, regrowth and absolute carbon stocks. All these studies are based on field data, and we will give examples from field sites in Cameroon, Congo, Peru and Indonesia. He will also look to the future, discussing the new satellite missions to be launched in the next few years and what extra information they will give us about the tropical carbon cycle, and providing details on a new project just starting designed to map forest degradation across the tropics.
Date:
2 November 2018, 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Gottmann Room, 1st floor
Speaker:
Dr Edward Mitchard (University of Edinburgh)
Organising department:
Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Organiser:
Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Organiser contact email address:
jane.applegarth@eci.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests
Topics:
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bookwhen.com/octf#focus=ev-sadc-20181025161500
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jane Applegarth
