JAXA Agency Report~The Latest Status on

“ALOS Kyoto & Carbon Initiative”

CEOS Plenary Doc. 31Satoko Horiyama MIURA

JAXA

123rd CEOS Plenary I Phuket, Thailand I 3-5 December 2009

The Kyoto & Carbon Initiative• International collaborative project led by JAXA EORC.• Continuation of Global Rain Forest and Global Boreal Forest Mapping project .• Aims to support information needs posed by:

– Multinational Environmental Conventions and Declarations:• UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol (Land Cover change);• Ramsar Treaty on Wetlands (wetland characteristics and disturbances);• UN Millenium Declaration & WSSD (water supply and water 　 management);• Other international convention 　 (Biodiversity[CBD] and 　 Desertification [UNCCD]).

– The terrestrial carbon cycle science community (CO2 & CH4 sources and sinks);

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K&C produces the global SAR mosaics of 50 m resolution twice a year frequency

High resolution PALSAR mosaicLeft:2007:Japan island Right:2007:Indonesia, Sumatra, color composite

CollaboratorsCollaborators• University of Massachusetts, JPL （ USA ）　　• University of California, Santa Barbara(USA)• Sheffield Centre for Earth Observation Science (SCEOS), University of Sheffield (UK).• Centre dtudes Spatiales de la Biosphere(France) • University of Bordeaux, France ）• DLR(Germany)• Jena University (Germany)• Joint Research Center （ EU ）• Sarmap （ Swiss ）• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences(Sweden)• Wetlands International(Holland)• Applied Geosolutions(USA)• Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University(UK ）• University of Victoria(Canada)• IBAMA(Brazil)• INPE(Brazil)• Wageningen University(Holland)

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Themes

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Theme Contents1) Mosaics Generation

To produce the global SAR mosaics of 50 m resolution twice a year frequency[source data for 2) ~4)]

2) Forest Analysis Forest classification (forest vs non-forest)Monitoring illegal deforestationBiomass estimation

3) Wetland Analysis Monitoring global changes for Wetland (Estimation of CH4)

4) Desert Analysis Mosaics generation for Sahara Desert area

Mosaics Generationhttp://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/kc_mosaic/kc_mosaic.htm

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Monitoring deforestation (1/2)• Clear cut region can be

identified as the small backscattering area.

• Estimation of the deforestation time-change can be monitored.

6Surface scattering and the volume scattering.（ Red arrow shows the back scattering ）

Deforestation time-change in Amazon west londonia region

Monitoring deforestation (2/2)

Repeat observation covering wide area in short time

Continuous observation is planned by GCOM-C

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“Fish-Borne” deforestation in Amazon region observed by ADEOS-II/GLI (resolution = 250m)

Near Real Time Operation~Quick Forest Observation Chain~

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Earth ObservationCenter/JAXA

Earth ObservationResearch Center/JAXA

PALSAR Acquisition:3.5 hrs/day350GB/day

110M scenes/3 years

Within 24hrsRaw data

Within 24hrsRaw data

Within 5days:SCANSAR browse

IBAMAThe Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources

DRTSALOS

Application of the SCANSAR data: ~Quick imaging and distribution~

• a)before cutting, b) mid of the cutting, c) after cutting.

• These images are provided to IBAMA and used for monitoring the deforestation.

• Tapajos,PARA State, Brazil

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a) b)

c)

Logging placeActual Cutting was done

Forest/Non-Forest Classification by PALSAR ~Sample in Indonesia~

10WWF map ALOS/PALSAR based map (First try)

Non ForestForest

WaterNon ForestForest

Water

100 km 100 km

Mountainousareas

Biomass Estimation~Sample Image~

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Biomass estimation for Viet NumLe Toan

Wetland~Sample Images~

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Wetland in Amazon by PALSAR （ Hess)

Desert Mosaic~Sample Image~

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Mosaic of Sahara desert （ Paillou ）

Future Plan on ALOS K&C1. Continue Data Acquisition/Processing, Mosaics

generation2. Continue and improve Biomass Estimation &

Forest/Non-Forest Classification3. Comparison with data in 1990s 4. Data Analysis in Wide Area

Please visit our web site on http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/kyoto/kyoto_index.htm

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