Key publications on satellite mapping

Key publications on satellite mapping by our co-founders Professor Ed Mitchard and Dr Murray Collins:

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2020. Assessing Forest/Non-Forest Separability Using Sentinel-1 C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 1899. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2019. Congo Basin peatlands: threats and conservation priorities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 24(4), pp.669-686. Access the paper here.

• Keiko Nomura & E.T Mitchard., 2018. More Than Meets the Eye: Using Sentinel-2 to Map Small Plantations in Complex Forest Landscapes. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1693. Access the paper here.

• Iain M. McNicol & E.T Mitchard et al., 2018. Carbon losses from deforestation and widespread degradation offset by extensive growth in African woodlands. Nat Commun 9, 3045. Access the paper here.

• M.B Collins & E.T Mitchard et al., 2018. Extending the baseline of tropical dry forest loss in Ghana (1984–2015) reveals drivers of major deforestation inside a protected area. Biological Conservation, 218, pp.163-172. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard., 2018. The tropical forest carbon cycle and climate change. Nature, 559(7715), pp.527-534. Access the paper here. (Open access version here.)

• P. Nieto-Quintano & E.T Mitchard et al. 2018. The mesic savannas of the Bateke Plateau: carbon stocks and floristic composition. Biotropica, 50(6), pp.868-880. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2017. Understanding ‘saturation’ of radar signals over forests. Scientific reports, 7(1), pp.1-11. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2017. Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex. Nature, 542(7639), pp.86-90. Access the paper here.

• M.B Collins & E.T Mitchard, 2017. A small subset of protected areas are a highly significant source of carbon emissions. Scientific reports, 7(1), pp.1-11. Access the paper here.

• M.B Collins & E.T Mitchard, 2015. Integrated radar and lidar analysis reveals extensive loss of remaining intact forest on Sumatra 2007–2010. Biogeosciences, 12(22), pp.6637-6653. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2014. Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23(8), pp.935-946. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2013. A novel application of satellite radar data: measuring carbon sequestration and detecting degradation in a community forestry project in Mozambique. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 6(1), pp.159-170. Access the paper here.

• E.T Mitchard et al., 2013. Woody encroachment and forest degradation in sub-Saharan Africa’s woodlands and savannas 1982–2006. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1625), p.20120406. Access the paper here.

• M.B Collins & E.T Mitchard et al., 2012. Mapping tropical forest biomass with radar and spaceborne LiDAR in Lopé National Park, Gabon: overcoming problems of high biomass and persistent cloud. Biogeosciences, 9(1), pp.179-191. Access the paper here.

• E.T. Mitchard et al., 2009. Using satellite radar backscatter to predict above-ground woody biomass: A consistent relationship across four different African landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(23). Access the paper here.