Spatial resolution for forest carbon maps

Authors

Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland at College Park
Neha Hunka, University of Maryland at College Park
Tommaso Jucker, University of Bristol
John Armston, University of Maryland at College Park
Nancy Harris, World Resources Institute
Lola Fatoyinbo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher A. Williams, Clark UniversityFollow
Jeff W. Atkins, Virginia Commonwealth University
Brett Raczka, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Shawn Serbin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Keller, USDA Forest Service
Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland at College Park
Chad Babcock, University of Minnesota
Mark A. Cochrane, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Andrew Hudak, USDA Forest Service
George C. Hurtt, University of Maryland at College Park
Paul M. Montesano, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Monika L. Moskal, University of Washington
Taejin Park, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Sassan Saatchi, California Institute of Technology
Carlos A. Silva, University of Florida
Hao Tang, National University of Singapore
Rodrigo Vargas, University of Delaware
Aaron Weiskittel, University of Maine
Konrad Wessels, George Mason University
Scott J. Goetz, Northern Arizona University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Forests are central to climate solutions, and transparent and accurate data on forest carbon stocks and fluxes are critical for scientists and decision-makers. Satellite-based forest carbon maps have recently proliferated from public agencies such as NASA and the private sector. These maps have tended toward ever-higher spatial resolutions. However, higher spatial resolutions increase the uncertainties of carbon maps, rendering products at very high spatial resolution largely meaningless for forest carbon monitoring.

Publication Title

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Publication Date

1-2025

Volume

387

Issue

6732

First Page

370

Last Page

371

ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.adt6811

Keywords

carbon, forests, maps

Repository Citation

Duncanson, Laura; Hunka, Neha; Jucker, Tommaso; Armston, John; Harris, Nancy; Fatoyinbo, Lola; Williams, Christopher A.; Atkins, Jeff W.; Raczka, Brett; Serbin, Shawn; Keller, Michael; Dubayah, Ralph; Babcock, Chad; Cochrane, Mark A.; Hudak, Andrew; Hurtt, George C.; Montesano, Paul M.; Moskal, Monika L.; Park, Taejin; Saatchi, Sassan; Silva, Carlos A.; Tang, Hao; Vargas, Rodrigo; Weiskittel, Aaron; Wessels, Konrad; and Goetz, Scott J., "Spatial resolution for forest carbon maps" (2025). Geography. 995.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/995