Mapping palm oil expansion using SAR to study the impact on the CO2 cycle

7th IGRSM International Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and Exhibition

地球科学;计算机科学

Pohl, Christine^1

Institute of Geospatial Science and Technology (INSTeG), UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia^1

关键词: Carbon dioxide emissions;    Continuous observation;    Oil palm plantations;    Oil production;    Plantation land;    Policy implementations;    Remote sensing monitoring;    Spaceborne synthetic aperture radars;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/20/1/012012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/20/1/012012

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

With Malaysia being the second largest palm oil producer in the world and the fact that palm oil ranks first in vegetable oil production on the world market the palm oil industry became an important factor in the country. Along with the expansion of palm oil across the nation causing deforestation of natural rain forest and conversion of peat land into plantation land there are several factors causing a tremendous increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Main causes of CO2emission apart from deforestation and peat-land conversion are the fires to create plantation land plus the fires burning waste products of the plantations itself. This paper describes a project that aims at the development of a remote sensing monitoring system to allow a continuous observation of oil palm plantation activities and expansion in order to be able to quantify CO2emissions. The research concentrates on developing a spaceborne synthetic aperture radar information extraction system for palm oil plantations in the Tropics. This will lead to objective figures that can be used internationally to create a policy implementation plan to sustainably reduce CO2emission in the future.