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3-D CHARACTERIZATION AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF FORESTS AND VEGETATED AREAS USING TIME-SERIES OF POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA AND TOMOGRAPHIC PROCESSING

Topic: Ecosystems


PI Europe: Dr. Laurent Ferro-Famil, University of Rennes 1, FRANCE

PI china: Prof.. Erxue Chen, Institute of forest resources information technique, CHINA

Based on the experience accumulated during the DRAGON-1 to -4 projects, we intend, under the DRAGON-5 project to strengthen the established fruitful collaborations between European and Chinese partners and experts in PolSAR, PolInSAR and [...]

CEFO: China-ESA Forest Observation

Topic: Ecosystems


PI Europe: Dr. Juan Suarez, Northern Research Station, UK

PI china: Prof.. Yong Pang, Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA

The key aim of CEFO proposal is to develop methods and data products which will support the sustainable economic development of the key forestry sector in China, thereby alleviating poverty among this community. The CEFO project will apply and [...]

GRASSLAND DEGRADATION DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT BY REMOTE SENSING

Topic: Ecosystems


PI Europe: Prof.. Alan Grainger, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK

PI china: Prof.. Zhihai Gao, Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA

Monitoring grassland degradation on a large scale has proven very difficult. Early estimates of the extent of degraded grasslands in dry areas put their number as about 3,050 million hectares (ha), or 94% of all degraded drylands, but relied on [...]

MAPPING FOREST PARAMETERS AND FOREST DAMAGE FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT FROM DATA FUSION OF SATELLITE DATA

Topic: Ecosystems


PI Europe: Dr. Johan Fransson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management, SWEDEN

PI china: Prof.. Xiaoli Zhang, Beijing Forestry University, CHINA

This project concerns the topic Ecosystems and spans the subtopics Collaborative estimation of forest quality parameters and Forest and grassland disaster monitoring with the objective to develop new methods for the respective areas. The forest [...]