Current remote sensing options for monitoring carbon emissions

Estimating carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation requires the expertise of forestry science, ecological modeling, statistics, remote sensing, and field measurement. In particular, remote sensing technology is capable of measurements of carbon contents of forest types, if supported by field information such as sample plots to calibrate the technology. In this paper current remote sensing options for monitoring carbon emissions were presented. We concluded that the combined application of optical and microwave remote sensing data is expected to provide an opportunity to estimate emissions both on a global scale and specifically in places where existing information is not reliable or consistent by overcoming their own current disadvantages.