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Estimation of forest height and biomass from open-access multi-sensor satellite imagery and GEDI Lidar data: high-resolution maps of metropolitan France

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Mapping forest resources and carbon is important for improving forest management and meeting the objectives of storing carbon and preserving the environment. Spaceborne remote sensing approaches have considerable potential to support forest height monitoring by providing repeated observations at high spatial resolution over large areas. This study uses a machine learning approach that was previously developed to produce local maps of forest parameters (basal area, height, diameter, etc.). The aim of this paper is to present the extension of the approach to much larger scales such as the French national coverage. We used the GEDI Lidar mission as reference height data, and the satellite images from Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and ALOS-2 PALSA-2 to estimate forest height and produce a map of France for the year 2020. The height map is then derived into volume and aboveground biomass (AGB) using allometric equations. The validation of the height map with local maps from ALS data shows an accuracy close to the state of the art, with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 4.3 m. Validation on inventory plots representative of French forests shows an MAE of 3.7 m for the height. Estimates are slightly better for coniferous than for broadleaved forests. Volume and AGB maps derived from height shows MAEs of 75 tons/ha and 93 m³/ha respectively. The results aggregated by sylvo-ecoregion and forest types (owner and species) are further improved, with MAEs of 23 tons/ha and 30 m³/ha. The precision of these maps allows to monitor forests locally, as well as helping to analyze forest resources and carbon on a territorial scale or on specific types of forests by combining the maps with geolocated information (administrative area, species, type of owner, protected areas, environmental conditions, etc.). Height, volume and AGB maps produced in this study are made freely available.
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hal-04249151 , version 1 (19-10-2023)
hal-04249151 , version 2 (06-11-2023)

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David Morin, Milena Planells, Stéphane Mermoz, Florian Mouret. Estimation of forest height and biomass from open-access multi-sensor satellite imagery and GEDI Lidar data: high-resolution maps of metropolitan France. 2023. ⟨hal-04249151v2⟩
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