GeoComp-n, an advanced system for generating products from coarse and medium resolution optical satellite data. Part 1: System characterisation

Quantification of the regional carbon cycle of the biosphere: Policy, science and land-use decisions

“…Of specific interest were the remote sensing image processing package GEOCOMP-n, developed at the Canada center for Remote Sensing and commercially available from PCI Geomatics (Adair et al, 2002); the Boreal Ecosystem Productivity Simulator (BEPS; Liu et al, 1997), a process-based computer model quantifying carbon uptake by forest ecosystem; the Integrated Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Cycle Model (InTEC; Chen et al, 2000), describing long-term dynamics of carbon accumulation in a forest ecosystem; and TRAC (Tracing Radiation of Canopies), an instrument designed to characterize light interactions with a plant canopy that provides biophysical measurements required by BEPS. Successful completion of this task would require testing and validation of the models and algorithms developed in Canada under various representative ecological conditions in China, using in situ measurements and high resolution satellite data; possible adjustments of the algorithms based on these measurements; and documentation and transfer of these tools to Chinese scientists and agencies, including training in their use.…”