@article{fdi:010077111,
  title = {{T}he {F}orest {O}bservation {S}ystem, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass [data paper]},
  author = {{S}chepaschenko, {D}. and {C}have, {J}. and {P}hillips, {O}. {L}. and {L}ewis, {S}. {L}. and {D}avies, {S}. {J}. and {R}{\'e}jou-{M}{\'e}chain, {M}axime and {S}ist, {P}. and {S}cipal, {K}. and {P}erger, {C}. and {H}erault, {B}. and {L}abriere, {N}. and {H}ofhansl, {F}. and {A}ffum-{B}affoe, {K}. and {A}leinikov, {A}. and {A}lonso, {A}. and {A}mani, {C}. and {A}raujo-{M}urakami, {A}. and {A}rmston, {J}. and {A}rroyo, {L}. and {A}scarrunz, {N}. and {A}zevedo, {C}. and {B}aker, {T}. and {B}alazy, {R}. and {B}edeau, {C}. and {B}erry, {N}. and {B}ilous, {A}. {M}. and {B}ilous, {S}. {Y}. and {B}issiengou, {P}. and {B}lanc, {L}. and {B}obkova, {K}. {S}. and {B}raslavskaya, {T}. and {B}rienen, {R}. and {B}urslem, {D}frp and {C}ondit, {R}. and {C}uni-{S}anchez, {A}. and {D}anilina, {D}. and {T}orres, {D}. {D}. and {D}erroire, {G}. and {D}escroix, {L}. and {S}otta, {E}. {D}. and d'{O}liveira, {M}. {V}. {N}. and {D}resel, {C}. and {E}rwin, {T}. and {E}vdokimenko, {M}. {D}. and {F}alck, {J}. and {F}eldpausch, {T}. {R}. and {F}oli, {E}. {G}. and {F}oster, {R}. and {F}ritz, {S}. and {G}arcia-{A}bril, {A}. {D}. and {G}ornov, {A}. and {G}ornova, {M}. and {G}othard-{B}assebe, {E}. and {G}ourlet-{F}leury, {S}. and {G}uedes, {M}. and {H}amer, {K}. {C}. and {S}usanty, {F}. {H}. and {H}iguchi, {N}. and {C}oronado, {E}. {N}. {H}. and {H}ubau, {W}. and {H}ubbell, {S}. and {I}lstedt, {U}. and {I}vanov, {V}. {V}. and {K}anashiro, {M}. and {K}arlsson, {A}. and {K}arminov, {V}. {N}. and {K}illeen, {T}. and {K}offi, {J}. {C}. {K}. and {K}onovalova, {M}. and {K}raxner, {F}. and {K}rejza, {J}. and {K}risnawati, {H}. and {K}rivobokov, {L}. {V}. and {K}uznetsov, {M}. {A}. and {L}akyda, {I}. and {L}akyda, {P}. {I}. and {L}icona, {J}. {C}. and {L}ucas, {R}. {M}. and {L}ukina, {N}. and {L}ussetti, {D}. and {M}alhi, {Y}. and {M}anzanera, {J}. {A}. and {M}arimon, {B}. and {M}arimon, {B}. and {M}artinez, {R}. {V}. and {M}artynenko, {O}. {V}. and {M}atsala, {M}. and {M}atyashuk, {R}. {K}. and {M}azzei, {L}. and {M}emiaghe, {H}. and {M}endoza, {C}. and {M}endoza, {A}. {M}. and {M}oroziuk, {O}. {V}. and {M}ukhortova, {L}. and {M}usa, {S}. and {N}azimova, {D}. {I}. and {O}kuda, {T}. and {O}liveira, {L}. {C}. and {O}ntikov, {P}. {V}. and {O}sipov, {A}. {F}. and {P}ietsch, {S}. and {P}layfair, {M}. and {P}oulsen, {J}. and {R}adchenko, {V}. {G}. and {R}odney, {K}. and {R}ozak, {A}. {H}. and {R}uschel, {A}. and {R}utishauser, {E}. and {S}ee, {L}. and {S}hchepashchenko, {M}. and {S}hevchenko, {N}. and {S}hvidenko, {A}. and {S}ilveira, {M}. and {S}ingh, {J}. and {S}onke, {B}. and {S}ouza, {C}. and {S}terenczak, {K}. and {S}tonozhenko, {L}. and {S}ullivan, {M}. {J}. {P}. and {S}zatniewska, {J}. and {A}edoumg, {H}. {T}. and {T}er {S}teege, {H}. and {T}ikhonova, {E}. and {T}oledo, {M}. and {T}refilova, {O}. {V}. and {V}albuena, {R}. and {G}amarra, {L}. {V}. and {V}asiliev, {S}. and {V}edrova, {E}. {F}. and {V}erhovets, {S}. {V}. and {V}idal, {E}. and {V}ladimirova, {N}. {A}. and {V}leminckx, {J}. and {V}os, {V}. {A}. and {V}ozmitel, {F}. {K}. and {W}anek, {W}. and {W}est, {T}. {A}. {P}. and {W}oell, {H}. and {W}oods, {J}. {T}. and {W}ortel, {V}. and {Y}amada, {T}. and {H}ajar, {Z}. {S}. {N}. and {Z}o-{B}i, {I}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}orest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the {E}arth's ecosystems and climate. {I}t is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as {REDD}+, among others. {W}all-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass ({AGB}) is now possible with satellite remote sensing ({RS}). {H}owever, {RS} methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. {H}ere, we present the {F}orest {O}bservation {S}ystem ({FOS}) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. {AGB} and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. {A}ll plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many {RS} measurements. {T}he {FOS} offers the potential to improve the accuracy of {RS}- based biomass products while developing new synergies between the {RS} and ground-based ecosystem research communities.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {D}ata},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 198 [ 11 p.]},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41597-019-0196-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077111},
}