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Title: | Mangrove biomass estimation in Southwest Thailand using machine learning | Authors: | Jachowski, N.R.A. Quak, M.S.Y. Friess, D.A. Duangnamon, D. Webb, E.L. Ziegler, A.D. |
Keywords: | Biomass Machine learning Mangroves Remote sensing |
Issue Date: | Dec-2013 | Citation: | Jachowski, N.R.A., Quak, M.S.Y., Friess, D.A., Duangnamon, D., Webb, E.L., Ziegler, A.D. (2013-12). Mangrove biomass estimation in Southwest Thailand using machine learning. Applied Geography 45 : 311-321. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.024 | Abstract: | Mangroves play a disproportionately large role in carbon sequestration relative to other tropical forest ecosystems. Accurate assessments of mangrove biomass at the site-scale are lacking, especially in mainland Southeast Asia. This study assessed tree biomass and species diversity within a 151ha mangrove ecosystem on the Andaman Coast of Thailand. High-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite imagery, medium resolution ASTER satellite elevation data, field-based tree measurements, published allometric biomass equations, and a suite of machine learning techniques were used to develop spatial models of mangrove biomass. Field measurements derived a whole-site tree density of 1313treesha-1, with Rhizophora spp. comprising 77.7% of the trees across forty-five 400m2 sample plots. A support vector machine regression model was found to be most accurate by cross-validation for predicting biomass at the site level. Model-estimated above-ground biomass was 250Mgha-1; below-ground root biomass was 95Mgha-1. Combined above-ground and below-ground biomass for the entire 151-ha stand was 345 (±72.5)Mgha-1, equivalent to 155 (±32.6)MgCha-1. Model evaluation shows the model had greatest prediction error at high biomass values, indicating a need for allometric equations determined over a larger range of tree sizes. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. | Source Title: | Applied Geography | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/114166 | ISSN: | 01436228 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.024 |
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