{"id":197,"date":"2013-05-27T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2017-03-27T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T08:04:14","slug":"biosphere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/?page_id=197","title":{"rendered":"Biosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/?attachment_id=1298\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1298\" src=\"http:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Biosphere_600x450-300x225.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Biosphere_600x450-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Biosphere_600x450-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Biosphere_600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Biosphere research topic<\/strong> aims to integrate and use forest (structure) parameters derived from radar remote sensing techniques in monitoring the state and the properties of global forests with a particular focus on biological properties. The investigations will be performed on different levels: from the estimation of forest parameters by means of radar data, to secondary biological indicators derived from these parameters, the complementarity to optical\/hyperspectral data and parameters up to vegetation model predictions that extrapolate forest dynamics in space and time. The most important goal of this research topic is gaining a better understanding of the following <strong>scientific questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">How does the spatial heterogeneity of natural forests impact on structure and biomass measurements obtained from radar remote sensing techniques?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is the effect of environmental and terrain conditions on the estimation and interpretation of radar derived forest structure parameters?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">How can from radar remote sensing derived forest parameters be used to quantify disturbance type and disturbance intensity in forests?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are the new radar remote sensing configurations able to deliver timely and affordable data for describing forest dynamics as well as changes in biodiversity?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is it possible to derive relationships which relate forest structure parameters as derived by radar remote sensing to local tree species richness?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is the potential of using multi-sensor data sources to estimate biophysical vegetation parameters?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are disturbances of vegetation\/forests as identified by radar matched by respective changes in biochemical parameters derived from hyperspectral data?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">How can local dynamic forest models and global vegetation models be coupled to satellite data? How can satellite data be used to parameterise forest models?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">How does forest structure vary with environmental conditions and human management on a global scale?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">What are the consequences of climate change for the local forest climate and the stability of forests?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/?page_id=424\">Biosphere Work Packages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biosphere research topic aims to integrate and use forest (structure) parameters derived from radar remote sensing techniques in monitoring the state and the properties of global forests with a particular focus on biological properties. The investigations will be performed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/?page_id=197\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/1725"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hgf-eda.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}