@Article{Schepaschenko_etal2019,
author="Schepaschenko, D.
and Chave, J.
and Phillips, O.L.
and Lewis, S.L.
and Davies, S.J.
and R{\'e}jou-M{\'e}chain, M.
and Sist, P.
and Scipal, K.
and Perger, C.
and Herault, B.
and Labri{\`e}re, N.
and Hofhansl, F.
and Affum-Baffoe, K.
and Aleinikov, A.
and Alonso, A.
and Amani, C.
and Araujo-Murakami, A.
and Armston, J.
and Arroyo, L.
and Ascarrunz, N.
and Azevedo, C.
and Baker, T.
and Ba{\l}azy, R.
and Bedeau, C.
and Berry, N.
and Bilous, A.M.
and Bilous, S.Y.
and Bissiengou, P.
and Blanc, L.
and Bobkova, K.S.
and Braslavskaya, T.
and Brienen, R.
and Burslem, D.F.R.P.
and Condit, R.
and Cuni-Sanchez, A.
and Danilina, D.
and Del Castillo Torres, D.
and Derroire, G.
and Descroix, L.
and Sotta, E.D.
and d{\textquoteright}Oliveira, M.V.N.
and Dresel, C.
and Erwin, T.
and Evdokimenko, M.D.
and Falck, J.
and Feldpausch, T.R.
and Foli, E.G.
and Foster, R.
and Fritz, S.
and Garcia-Abril, A.D.
and Gornov, A.
and Gornova, M.
and Gothard-Bass{\'e}b{\'e}, E.
and Gourlet-Fleury, S.
and Guedes, M.
and Hamer, K.C.
and Susanty, F.H.
and Higuchi, N.
and Coronado, E.N.H.
and Hubau, W.
and Hubbell, S.
and Ilstedt, U.
and Ivanov, V.V.
and Kanashiro, M.
and Karlsson, A.
and Karminov, V.N.
and Killeen, T.
and Koffi, J.-C.K.
and Konovalova, M.
and Kraxner, F.
and Krejza, J.
and Krisnawati, H.
and Krivobokov, L.V.
and Kuznetsov, M.A.
and Lakyda, I.
and Lakyda, P.I.
and Licona, J.C.
and Lucas, R.M.
and Lukina, N.
and Lussetti, D.
and Malhi, Y.
and Manzanera, J.A.
and Marimon, B.
and Junior, B.H.M.
and Martinez, R.V.
and Martynenko, O.V.
and Matsala, M.
and Matyashuk, R.K.
and Mazzei, L.
and Memiaghe, H.
and Mendoza, C.
and Mendoza, A.M.
and Moroziuk, O.V.
and Mukhortova, L.
and Musa, S.
and Nazimova, D.I.
and Okuda, T.
and Oliveira, L.C.
and Ontikov, P.V.
and Osipov, A.F.
and Pietsch, S.
and Playfair, M.
and Poulsen, J.
and Radchenko, V.G.
and Rodney, K.
and Rozak, A.H.
and Ruschel, A.
and Rutishauser, E.
and See, L.
and Shchepashchenko, M.
and Shevchenko, N.
and Shvidenko, A.
and Silveira, M.
and Singh, J.
and Sonk{\'e}, B.
and Souza, C.
and Stere{\'n}czak, K.
and Stonozhenko, L.
and Sullivan, M.J.P.
and Szatniewska, J.
and Taedoumg, H.
and Ter Steege, H.
and Tikhonova, E.
and Toledo, M.
and Trefilova, O.V.
and Valbuena, R.
and Gamarra, L.V.
and Vasiliev, S.
and Vedrova, E.F.
and Verhovets, S.V.
and Vidal, E.
and Vladimirova, N.A.
and Vleminckx, J.
and Vos, V.A.
and Vozmitel, F.K.
and Wanek, W.
and West, T.A.P.
and Woell, H.
and Woods, J.T.
and Wortel, V.
and Yamada, T.
and Nur Hajar, Z.S.
and Zo-Bi, I.C.",
title="The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass",
journal="Scientific data",
year="2019",
volume="6",
number="198",
abstract="Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth{\textquoteright}s ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25\thinspaceha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world{\textquoteright}s forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities.",
optnote="Export Date: 21 October 2019",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=889), last updated on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:58:24 -0300",
doi="10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1",
opturl="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073114444&doi=10.1038\%2fs41597-019-0196-1&partnerID=40&md5=67ec52c9352207da3675c973296ded77",
file=":http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/files/schepaschenko/2019/889\textit{Schepaschenko}etal2019.pdf:PDF"
}