Technology's Impact on Environmental Change
from Cape Cod Technology Council
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Friday, April 4, 2008, 7:30am - 9:30am
Dr. Josef Kellndorfer (Research Scientist, Woods Hole Research group) will give an overview of his two current research initiatives:
- The first uses a radar remote sensing tool in partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The project demonstrates new cloud- penetrating remote-sensing technology that allows Dr. Kellndorfer and his team to successfully create large-scale maps for tropical forest regions. The capability to monitor forests with remote sensing from space is crucial in discussions of REDD policies for the post-Kyoto climate treaty negotiations. REDD - or "Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" - has the potential to provide economic incentives for preserving tropical forests to their indigenous residents while simultaneously curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
- The second initiative is the "National Biomass and Carbon Dataset" for the year 2000 (NBCD2000) Through a combination of NASA satellite datasets, topographic survey data, land use/land cover information, and extensive forest inventory data collected by the USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA), NBCD2000 will provide an invaluable baseline for quantifying the carbon stock in U.S. forests and will improve current methods of assessing the carbon flux between forests and the atmosphere.
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