Large Scale Assessment of Landscape Changes and Recovery in Forest Structure of Mangrove Wetlands Subject to Human Activities, Freshwater Diversion, and Natural Disturbances Using Enhanced SRTM Data

Start Date:

01/01/2004

End Date:

01/01/2007

Project Call:

Earth Observing System

Science Theme:

Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycle Impacts

Water and Energy Cycle Impacts

Regional Initiative:

GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks

Region:

Solicitation:

Team members:

Person Name	Person role on project	Affiliation
Marc Simard	Principal Investigator	Caltech/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States

Abstract:

Role in Carbon Cycle Mangrove ecosystems are among the most productive on Earth, contributing 11% of global total C export to the ocean Loss of Biodiversity Already 35% of mangrove forests have disappeared and 60% could be lost by 2030 Societal Benefits The economical value varies geographically between $200k to $900k per km2 year (UN report 2006) Mangroves act as a protection of shoreline against topical storms, hurricanes, storm surges and Tsunamis

Project Documents

Year	Authors	Type	Title
2010	Marc Simard	Publications	Simard, M., Fatoyinbo, L. and Pinto, N. (2010), “Mangrove Canopy 3D Structure and Ecosystem Productivity Using Active Remote Sensing" , Taylor & Francis Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments, Chapter 3.
2010	Marc Simard	Publications	Rivera-Monroy, V.H., …, Simard, M.,…,The Role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in Regulating Nutrient Cycling and Wetland Productivity in South Florida, Special issue of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41(S1):1–37, 2010.
2008	Marc Simard	Publications	K. Zhang, M. Simard, M. Ross, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, P. Houle, P. Ruiz, R.R. Twilley and K.R.T. Whelan, “Airborne Laser Scanning Quantification of Disturbances from Hurricanes and Lightning Strikes to Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park, USA”, Sensors, 2008, 8,pp: 2262-2292.
2008	Marc Simard	Publications	Fatoyinbo, T. E., M. Simard, R. A. Washington-Allen, and H. H. Shugart (2008), Landscape-scale extent, height, biomass, and carbon estimation of Mozambique's mangrove forests with Landsat ETM+ and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G02S06, doi:10.1029/2007JG000551.
2007	Marc Simard	Publications	Simard, M., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., José Ernesto Mancera-Pineda, Castaneda-Moya, E.,Twilley, R.,(2007), "A Systematic Method for 3D Mapping of Mangrove Forests Based on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Elevation Data, ICESat/GLAS Waveforms and Field Data: Application to Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia." Remote Sensing of the Environment,Vol 112/5 pp 2131-2144, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.012.
2007	Marc Simard	NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Recent Advances in the Use of Microwave Data for the Study of LCLUC Applications
2006	Marc Simard	Publications	M. Simard, K. Zhang, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, M. Ross, P. Ruiz, E. Castańeda-Moya, E. Twilley, E. Rodriguez. , “Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data”, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing”, Vol. 72, No. 3, March 2006, pp. 299–311.
2006		NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Landscape scale estimation of mangrove mean tree height and biomass
2005	Marc Simard Victor Rivera	Significant Results	Large Scale Assessment of Landscape Changes and Recovery in Forest Structure of Mangrove Wetlands Using SRTM Data (Significant Results)
2005	Marc Simard Victor Rivera Michael Ross Keqi Zhang Norman Duke Catherine Ticehurst Ernesto Rodriquez	NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Large Scale Assessment of Landscape Changes and Recovery in Forest Structure of Mangrove Wetlands Subject to Human, Freshwater Diversion, and Natural Disturbances (hurricanes, other severe storms, sea level change) Using Enhanced SRTM Data
2005	Marc Simard Victor Rivera	Significant Results	Large scale assessment of landscape changes and recovery in forest structure of mangrove wetlands subject to human activities, freshwater diversion, and natural disturbances (severe storms, climate and sea level change) using enhanced SRTM data
2003		Significant Results	Large Scale Assessment of Landscape Changes and Recovery in Forest Structure of Mangrove Wetlands Subject to Human Activities, Freshwater Diversion, and Natural Disturbances Using Enhanced SRTM Data (NRA-03-OES-03)