Monitoring of Carbon Sequestration in Iceland Using Remote Sensing Technology: An Overview of the LanDeg Project
The monitoring of restoration and forestation is essential to reduce future drought and flood risk as well as ongoing carbon sequestration projects in Iceland. This is especially relevant for Iceland’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2040. Such a monitoring can be done by using the state-of-art...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cce031533c314ed08e169d997140e3dc 2023-05-15T16:46:31+02:00 Monitoring of Carbon Sequestration in Iceland Using Remote Sensing Technology: An Overview of the LanDeg Project Michaela Hrabalikova David C. Finger 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019030039 https://doaj.org/article/cce031533c314ed08e169d997140e3dc EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/30/1/39 https://doaj.org/toc/2504-3900 2504-3900 doi:10.3390/proceedings2019030039 https://doaj.org/article/cce031533c314ed08e169d997140e3dc Proceedings, Vol 30, Iss 1, p 39 (2019) soil degradation surface runoff reclamation reforestation General Works A article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019030039 2022-12-31T11:59:24Z The monitoring of restoration and forestation is essential to reduce future drought and flood risk as well as ongoing carbon sequestration projects in Iceland. This is especially relevant for Iceland’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2040. Such a monitoring can be done by using the state-of-art remote sensing technology, using remotely sensed data and digital mapping approaches. The LanDeg project will use free Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) data to map soil degradation, restoration and ongoing forestation efforts to assess carbon sequestration. For this purpose, we will validate GIS and RS data analysis with field mapping of vegetation and soil cover in a restored area in southern Iceland. The validated GIS and RS analysis will be used to assess restoration efforts and trends in vegetation cover in the area. Subsequently, the changes in the vegetation cover will be used to assess the carbon sequestration rate. Based on these results we will identify best-restoration and carbon sequestration practices. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Proceedings 30 1 39 |
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The monitoring of restoration and forestation is essential to reduce future drought and flood risk as well as ongoing carbon sequestration projects in Iceland. This is especially relevant for Iceland’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2040. Such a monitoring can be done by using the state-of-art remote sensing technology, using remotely sensed data and digital mapping approaches. The LanDeg project will use free Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) data to map soil degradation, restoration and ongoing forestation efforts to assess carbon sequestration. For this purpose, we will validate GIS and RS data analysis with field mapping of vegetation and soil cover in a restored area in southern Iceland. The validated GIS and RS analysis will be used to assess restoration efforts and trends in vegetation cover in the area. Subsequently, the changes in the vegetation cover will be used to assess the carbon sequestration rate. Based on these results we will identify best-restoration and carbon sequestration practices. |
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