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FORMS: Forest Multiple Source height, wood volume, and biomass maps in France at 10 to 30 m resolution based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and GEDI data with a deep learning approach / Martin Schwartz in Earth System Science Data, vol 15 n° inconnu (2023)  

Public [article]  inEarth System Science Data > vol 15 n° inconnu (2023) Titre : FORMS: Forest Multiple Source height, wood volume, and biomass maps in France at 10 to 30 m resolution based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and GEDI data with a deep learning approach Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Martin Schwartz, Auteur ; Philippe Ciais, Auteur ; Aurélien de Truchis, Auteur ; Jérôme Chave, Auteur ; Catherine Ottle, Auteur ; Cédric Vega , Auteur ; Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] apprentissage profond [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] données allométriques [Termes IGN] Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-MSI [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-SAR [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier national (données France) [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Résumé : (auteur) The contribution of forests to carbon storage and biodiversity conservation highlights the need for accurate forest height and biomass mapping and monitoring. In France, forests are managed mainly by private owners and divided into small stands, requiring 10 to 50 m spatial resolution data to be correctly separated. Further, 35 % of the French forest territory is covered by mountains and Mediterranean forests which are managed very extensively. In this work, we used a deep-learning model based on multi-stream remote sensing measurements (NASA’s GEDI LiDAR mission and ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel 1 & 2 satellites) to create a 10 m resolution canopy height map of France for 2020 (FORMS-H). In a second step, with allometric equations fitted to the French National Forest Inventory (NFI) plot data, we created a 30 m resolution above-ground biomass density (AGBD) map (Mg ha-1) of France (FORMS-B). Extensive validation was conducted. First, independent datasets from Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) and NFI data from thousands of plots reveal a mean absolute error (MAE) of 2.94 m for FORMS-H, which outperforms existing canopy height models. Second, FORMS-B was validated using two independent forest inventory datasets from the Renecofor permanent forest plot network and from the GLORIE forest inventory with MAE of 59.6 Mg ha-1 and 19.6 Mg.ha-1 respectively, providing greater performance than other AGBD products sampled over France. These results highlight the importance of coupling remote sensing technologies with recent advances in computer science to bring material insights to climate-efficient forest management policies. Additionally, our approach is based on open-access data having global coverage and a high spatial and temporal resolution, making the maps reproducible and easily scalable. FORMS products can be accessed from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7840108 (Schwartz et al., 2023). Numéro de notice : A2023-179 Affiliation des auteurs : LIF+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.5194/essd-2023-196 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-196 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=103341 [article]

A global long-term, high-resolution satellite radar backscatter data record (1992–2022+): merging C-band ERS/ASCAT and Ku-band QSCAT / Shengli Tao in Earth System Science Data, vol 15 n° 4 (2023)  

Public [article]  inEarth System Science Data > vol 15 n° 4 (2023) . - pp 1577 - 1596 Titre : A global long-term, high-resolution satellite radar backscatter data record (1992–2022+): merging C-band ERS/ASCAT and Ku-band QSCAT Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shengli Tao, Auteur ; Zurui Ao, Auteur ; Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Auteur ; Sassan Saatchi, Auteur ; Philippe Ciais, Auteur ; Jérôme Chave, Auteur ; Thuy Le Toan, Auteur ; Pierre-Louis Frison , Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : pp 1577 - 1596 Note générale : bibliographie Data description paper Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] bande C [Termes IGN] bande Ku [Termes IGN] fusion de données [Termes IGN] image radar moirée [Termes IGN] régression [Termes IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (auteur) Satellite radar backscatter contains unique information on land surface moisture, vegetation features, and surface roughness and has thus been used in a range of Earth science disciplines. However, there is no single global radar data set that has a relatively long wavelength and a decades-long time span. We here provide the first long-term (since 1992), high-resolution (∼8.9 km instead of the commonly used ∼25 km resolution) monthly satellite radar backscatter data set over global land areas, called the long-term, high-resolution scatterometer (LHScat) data set, by fusing signals from the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS; 1992–2001; C-band; 5.3 GHz), Quick Scatterometer (QSCAT, 1999–2009; Ku-band; 13.4 GHz), and the Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT; since 2007; C-band; 5.255 GHz). The 6-year data gap between C-band ERS and ASCAT was filled by modelling a substitute C-band signal during 1999–2009 from Ku-band QSCAT signals and climatic information. To this end, we first rescaled the signals from different sensors, pixel by pixel. We then corrected the monthly signal differences between the C-band and the scaled Ku-band signals by modelling the signal differences from climatic variables (i.e. monthly precipitation, skin temperature, and snow depth) using decision tree regression. The quality of the merged radar signal was assessed by computing the Pearson r, root mean square error (RMSE), and relative RMSE (rRMSE) between the C-band and the corrected Ku-band signals in the overlapping years (1999–2001 and 2007–2009). We obtained high Pearson r values and low RMSE values at both the regional (r≥0.92, RMSE ≤ 0.11 dB, and rRMSE ≤ 0.38) and pixel levels (median r across pixels ≥ 0.64, median RMSE ≤ 0.34 dB, and median rRMSE ≤ 0.88), suggesting high accuracy for the data-merging procedure. The merged radar signals were then validated against the European Space Agency (ESA) ERS-2 data, which provide observations for a subset of global pixels until 2011, even after the failure of on-board gyroscopes in 2001. We found highly concordant monthly dynamics between the merged radar signals and the ESA ERS-2 signals, with regional Pearson r values ranging from 0.79 to 0.98. These results showed that our merged radar data have a consistent C-band signal dynamic. The LHScat data set (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20407857; Tao et al., 2023) is expected to advance our understanding of the long-term changes in, e.g., global vegetation and soil moisture with a high spatial resolution. The data set will be updated on a regular basis to include the latest images acquired by ASCAT and to include even higher spatial and temporal resolutions. Numéro de notice : A2023-097 Affiliation des auteurs : UGE-LASTIG+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.5194/essd-15-1577-2023 Date de publication en ligne : 12/04/2023 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1577-2023 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=103215 [article]

Increasing and widespread vulnerability of intact tropical rainforests to repeated droughts / Shengli Tao in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, vol 119 n° 37 (2022)  

Public [article]  inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS > vol 119 n° 37 (2022) . - n° e2116626119 Titre : Increasing and widespread vulnerability of intact tropical rainforests to repeated droughts Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shengli Tao, Auteur ; Jérôme Chave, Auteur ; Pierre-Louis Frison , Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Article en page(s) : n° e2116626119 Note générale : bibliographie This study was supported by an Investissement d’Avenir grant managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01; TULIP, ref. ANR-10-LABX-0041; ANAEE-France: ANR-11-INBS-0001), and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31988102). This research was also supported by a Centre National d' Etudes Spatiales (CNES) postdoctoral fellowship to S.T., the CNES-BIOMASS pluriannual project, and the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Biomass project (contract no. 4000123662/18/I-NB). Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] forêt tropicale [Termes IGN] image radar [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] vulnérabilité Résumé : (auteur) Intact tropical rainforests have been exposed to severe droughts in recent decades, which may threaten their integrity, their ability to sequester carbon, and their capacity to provide shelter for biodiversity. However, their response to droughts remains uncertain due to limited high-quality, long-term observations covering extensive areas. Here, we examined how the upper canopy of intact tropical rainforests has responded to drought events globally and during the past 3 decades. By developing a long pantropical time series (1992 to 2018) of monthly radar satellite observations, we show that repeated droughts caused a sustained decline in radar signal in 93%, 84%, and 88% of intact tropical rainforests in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, respectively. Sudden decreases in radar signal were detected around the 1997–1998, 2005, 2010, and 2015 droughts in tropical Americas; 1999–2000, 2004–2005, 2010–2011, and 2015 droughts in tropical Africa; and 1997–1998, 2006, and 2015 droughts in tropical Asia. Rainforests showed similar low resistance (the ability to maintain predrought condition when drought occurs) to severe droughts across continents, but American rainforests consistently showed the lowest resilience (the ability to return to predrought condition after the drought event). Moreover, while the resistance of intact tropical rainforests to drought is decreasing, albeit weakly in tropical Africa and Asia, forest resilience has not increased significantly. Our results therefore suggest the capacity of intact rainforests to withstand future droughts is limited. This has negative implications for climate change mitigation through forest-based climate solutions and the associated pledges made by countries under the Paris Agreement. Numéro de notice : A2022-681 Affiliation des auteurs : UGE-LASTIG+Ext (2020- ) Autre URL associée : vers HAL Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2116626119 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116626119 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101538 [article]

Investigating the role of wind disturbance in tropical forests through a forest dynamics model and satellite observations / E-Ping Rau (2022)  

Public Titre : Investigating the role of wind disturbance in tropical forests through a forest dynamics model and satellite observations Type de document : Thèse/HDR Auteurs : E-Ping Rau, Auteur ; Jérôme Chave, Directeur de thèse Editeur : Toulouse : Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier Année de publication : 2022 Importance : 184 p. Format : 21 x 30 cm Note générale : Bibliographie Thèse en vue de l'obtention du Doctorat de l'Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] biomasse forestière [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] chablis (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] cyclone [Termes IGN] forêt tropicale [Termes IGN] Guyane française [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-SAR [Termes IGN] modèle dynamique [Termes IGN] perturbation écologique [Termes IGN] précipitation [Termes IGN] risque naturel [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] traitement d'image radar [Termes IGN] vent Index. décimale : THESE Thèses et HDR Résumé : (Auteur) Natural disturbances have an important influence on the structure, composition and functioning of tropical forests and a role in the regulation of biogeochemical cycles. The frequency and intensity of natural disturbances are modified by climate change: a better knowledge of their mechanism of action is necessary to predict the consequences of this modification. Modeling allows us to evaluate the role of each of the ecological processes and their link with environmental factors. Remote sensing tools inform us about the structure and functioning of forests at large scales, and can be useful for the calibration and validation of vegetation models. In this thesis, I employed both approaches to examine how tropical forests are shaped by natural disturbances, particularly wind, which is a major disturbance factor in many tropical regions. First, I evaluated the transferability of a spatially explicit, individual-based model via sensitivity testing and calibration of global parameters. The model correctly predicts forest structure at two contrasting sites, and its response is consistent with variations in climate forcing. Calibration of a small number of key parameters was required, including the parameter controlling mortality and crown allometry. To investigate the sensitivity of the model to mortality, I implemented a wind damage module based on biophysical principles and coupled with wind speed to model forest responses to extreme wind events. With increasing disturbance level, canopy height decreased steadily but biomass showed a non-linear response. Wind intensity had a strong impact on canopy height and biomass, but not the frequency of extreme wind events. Finally, I tested whether radar data from Sentinel-1 satellites could be used to detect gaps due to natural disturbances in French Guiana. The Sentinel-1 data detected more natural gaps above 0.2 ha than the optical satellite data, and they showed a spatial pattern consistent with the optical images. The level of disturbance did not vary with altitude. We found more disturbance during dry seasons, which could be due to the delayed response of precipitation rather than the direct response of drought. In conclusion, this thesis demonstrates that the integration between modeling and remote sensing sheds light on the effects of natural disturbances on tropical forests. The resulting results can be used to study other types of disturbances and their interactions on a large scale. Note de contenu : General introduction General methods 1: Transferability of an individual- and trait-based forest dynamics model: a test case across the tropics 1.1 Abstract 1.2 Introduction 1.3 Materials and methods 1.4 Results 1.5 Discussion 1.6 Acknowledgements and author contributions 1.7 Supplementary data 2: Wind speed controls forest structure in subtropical forests exposed to cyclones: a case study using an individual-based model 2.1 Abstract 2.2 Introduction 2.3 Material and methods 2.4 Results 2.5 Discussion 2.6 Acknowledgments and author contributions 2.7 Supplementary data 3: Detecting Natural Disturbances in Tropical Forests Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data: a Test in French Guiana 3.1 Abstract 3.2 Introduction 3.3 Methods 3.4 Results 3.5 Discussions 3.6 Acknowledgments and author contributions 3.7 Supplementary data General discussion and conclusions Numéro de notice : 26836 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Thèse française Note de thèse : Thèse de Doctorat : Ecologie, biodiversité et évolution : Toulouse 3 : 2022 nature-HAL : Thèse DOI : sans Date de publication en ligne : 20/06/2022 En ligne : https://tel.hal.science/tel-03699667 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101075

Mapping tropical forest trees across large areas with lightweight cost-effective terrestrial laser scanning / Shengli Tao in Annals of Forest Science, vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021) . - n° 103 Titre : Mapping tropical forest trees across large areas with lightweight cost-effective terrestrial laser scanning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shengli Tao, Auteur ; Nicolas Labrière, Auteur ; Kim Calders, Auteur ; Fabian Jörg Fischer, Auteur ; E-Ping Rau, Auteur ; Laetitia Plaisance, Auteur ; Jérôme Chave, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 103 Note générale : bibliographie This work has benefitted from an “Investissement d'Avenir” grant managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (AnaEE France ANR-11-INBS-0001; CEBA, ref. ANR-10-LABX-25–01), the CNRS Nouragues station, and a CNES postdoctoral fellowship granted to S.T. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] forêt tropicale [Termes IGN] Guyane (département français) [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier (techniques et méthodes) [Termes IGN] placette d'échantillonnage [Termes IGN] volume en bois [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Résumé : (auteur) Key message : We used lightweight terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to detect over 3000 stems per hectare across a 12-ha permanent forest plot in French Guiana, 81% of them  Context : Accurate position mapping of tropical rainforest trees is crucial for baseline studies of tropical forest ecology but is labor-intensive. Terrestrial lidar scanning (TLS) is broadly used in temperate forest inventories, but its use in rainforests is restricted to the determination of individual tree volumes within small survey areas. Aims : Mapping tree stems across one large (12-ha) rainforest plot, including trees less than 10 cm DBH, and evaluating the precision of traditional mapping approaches. Methods : We used lightweight TLS, co-registered the acquisitions, and developed a new efficient algorithm to process the TLS data. Results : We detected 36,422 stems of which 29,665 (81%) were  Conclusion : Lightweight TLS technology is a promising tool for the estimation of stem tapering and volume. Here, we show that it also facilitates the establishment of large tropical forest inventories, by improving the positioning of trees, thus increasing the accuracy of forest inventories and their cost-effectiveness. Numéro de notice : A2021-954 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s13595-021-01113-9 Date de publication en ligne : 28/12/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01113-9 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99998 [article]