EU10/01, 168/2010, Loobos

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Data location: /users/rsg/airborne/workspace/EU10_01-2010_168_loobos

Data arrived from ARSF via network transfer on 23/06/2010

Scientific objective:

1.Key impact factors on CO2 and H2O fluxes
1.1 examine the influence of within-site elevation changes using flux tower observations, airborne LiDAR data, and ecosystem models data (Loobos)
1.2 develop an approach to allocate CO2 and H2O fluxes to specific tree species of a mixed forest (Norunda)
1.3 assess the influence of forest thinning on CO2 uptake (Norunda)
1.4 evaluate above findings and test transferability of findings (Tharandt)
1.5 investigate the impact of storm damage (Tharandt)

2. Reducing uncertainty in the upscaling of greenhouse gases

2.1. develop an approach to evaluate airborne flux measurements using flux tower data, footprint model and airborne LiDAR data (Loobos)
2.2 use airborne LiDAR data to validate GLAS/ICESat for different forest biomes, where accurate tree height and vegetation cover density will be co-located with GLAS footprints
2.3 evaluate the ability of GLAS spatial sampling density to represent the wider field site
2.4 develop an approach to model CO2 and H2O fluxes on a regional scale using GLAS/ICESat data and generate key driving parameters for land-surface models
2.5 evaluate whether regional CO2/H2O flux models driven by satellite optical data can be improved by the addition of tree height information from satellite LiDAR

Priority: a5

PI: N. Klujn

Sensors:

• Eagle
• Hawk
• Leica LIDAR