Journal
FORESTS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f11020125
Keywords
urban vegetation; biomass estimation; Sentinel-2A; stepwise regression; Xuzhou
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018QNB06]
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Urban vegetation biomass is a key indicator of the carbon storage and sequestration capacity and ecological effect of an urban ecosystem. Rapid and effective monitoring and measurement of urban vegetation biomass provide not only an understanding of urban carbon circulation and energy flow but also a basis for assessing the ecological function of urban forest and ecology. In this study, field observations and Sentinel-2A image data were used to construct models for estimating urban vegetation biomass in the case study of the east Chinese city of Xuzhou. Results show that (1) Sentinel-2A data can be used for urban vegetation biomass estimation; (2) compared with the Boruta based multiple linear regression models, the stepwise regression models-also multiple linear regression models-achieve better estimations (RMSE = 7.99 t/hm(2) for low vegetation, 45.66 t/hm(2) for broadleaved forest, and 6.89 t/hm(2) for coniferous forest); (3) the models for specific vegetation types are superior to the models for all-type vegetation; and (4) vegetation biomass is generally lowest in September and highest in January and December. Our study demonstrates the potential of the free Sentinel-2A images for urban ecosystem studies and provides useful insights on urban vegetation biomass estimation with such satellite remote sensing data.
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