Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 3, 681(2025)

Estimation of Above-Ground Biomass in African Savanna Using Multi-Source Satellite Data

Yingzhi LIU1,2, Yang LIU1、*, Ronggao LIU1, Jilong CHEN1,2, and Xuexin WEI1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing100101, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Location of the study area and land cover map(Using MODIS land cover data product MCD12Q1)
    Acquisition dates of the 2021 PALSAR mosaic in study area
    GEDI above-ground biomass data and input feature examples
    Scatter density plots of the estimation results and test data
    Results of aboveground biomass estimation in the study area
    Feature importance of the random forest model in the three experiments
    Comparison of spatial distribution of existing AGBD products in the study area
    Distribution of existing AGBD products in the study area
    Comparison of our result with existing AGBD products in the three selected regions
    • Table 1. The column numbers and observation dates of the Sentinel-2 data

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      Table 1. The column numbers and observation dates of the Sentinel-2 data

      行列号观测日期
      旱季中期雨季初期旱季初期
      T34PEQ、T34PFQ2021.2.282021.5.292021.11.25
      T34PES、T34PFS
      T34PER、T34PFR2021.12.31
    • Table 2. Biomass data products for comparison

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      Table 2. Biomass data products for comparison

      产品时间分辨率数据来源
      GFW的全球森林生物量产品2000年30 mHarris等[2021]
      ESA CCI的生物量项目数据2010年100 mSantoro等[2018]
      2020年100 mSantoro等[2023]

      Bouvet等制作的非洲大草原

      生物量地图

      2010年25 mBouvet等[2018]
      Avitabile等制作的全球泛热带生物量地图2000年1 kmAvitabile等[2016]
    • Table 3. The spectral indices used and the calculation formulas

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      Table 3. The spectral indices used and the calculation formulas

      光谱指数计算公式
      归一化差值植被指数[28](Normalized Difference Vegetation Index,NDVI)(B8-B4)/(B8+B4)
      归一化差值红边植被指数[29](Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-Red Edge,NDVIRE(B6-B4)/(B6+B4)
      植物-水分敏感植被指数一[30](Plant-water Sensitive Vegetation Index-1,STVI1)(B11×B4)/B8
      植物-水分敏感植被指数二[30](Plant-water Sensitive Vegetation Index-2,STVI2)B8/(B4×B12)
      植物-水分敏感植被指数三[30](Plant-water Sensitive Vegetation Index-3,STVI3)B8/(B4×B11)
      差值植被指数[31](Difference Vegetation Index,DVI)B8-B4
      比值植被指数[32](Ratio Vegetation Index,RVI)B8/B4
      比值光谱指数[33](Ratio Spectral Index,RSI)B12/B8
      归一化水指数[34](Normalized Difference Water Index,NDWI)(B3-B8)/(B3+B8)
      地表水分指数[35](Land Surface Water Index,LSWI)(B8-B11)/(B8+B11)
      缨帽变换的亮度分量[36](Tasseled Cap Brightness,TCB)

      0.204 3×B2+0.415 8×B3+0.552 4×B4+

      0.574 1×B8+0.312 4×B11+0.230 3×B12

      缨帽变换的绿度分量[36](Tasseled Cap Greenness,TCG)

      -0.160 3×B2-0.281 9×B3-0.493 4×B4+

      0.794 0×B8-0.000 2×B11-0.144 6×B12

      缨帽变换的湿度分量[36](Tasseled Cap Wetness,TCW)

      0.031 5×B2+0.202 1×B3+0.310 2×B4+

      0.159 4×B8-0.680 6×B11-0.610 9×B12

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    Yingzhi LIU, Yang LIU, Ronggao LIU, Jilong CHEN, Xuexin WEI. Estimation of Above-Ground Biomass in African Savanna Using Multi-Source Satellite Data[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2025, 40(3): 681

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    Received: Apr. 2, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Yang LIU (liuyang@igsnrr.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.3.0681

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