ABSTRACT
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AWiFS Advanced Wide Field Sensor BB-C Belowground live Biomass in units of Mg C ha−1
BRDF Bidirectional Re¨ectance Distribution Function CBERS China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite CDM Clean Development Mechanism DEM Digital Elevation Model DW-C Dead Wood biomass in units of Mg C ha−1
ESTARFM Enhanced Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Re¨ectance Fusion Model
ETM+ Enhanced Th matic Mapper Plus
Fmask Function of Mask GHG Greenhouse Gas GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System GV Green Vegetation (unitless fraction, range 0-1) HRG High-Resolution Geometric HRV High-Resolution Visible HRVIR High-Resolution Visible and Infrared HRS High-Resolution Stereoscopic INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais IRMSS Infrared Multispectral Camera IRS Indian Resources Satellite LI-C Carbon content of forest ¨oor litter in Mg C ha−1 LISS Linear Imaging Self-Scanner MAIAC Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric
Correction for MODIS MERIS Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Mg Megagram = 1 × 106 g = 1 metric ton MISR Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Acronyms and Defin tions ................................................................................................................ 367 14.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 368 14.2 Multispectral Imagery and REDD+ .................................................................................... 368
Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Forest Carbon O¦sets • Roles of Multispectral Imagery 14.3 Characteristics of Multispectral Image Types ................................................................... 369 14.4 Preprocessing Imagery to Address Clouds ..........................................................................372
