Forest biomass measurement by remote sensing

Based on The Kyoto Protocol taken effect in 2005, the biomass of the forest used as the source for absorbing CO2 must be calculated.

Biomass measurement by radar sensor

Regarding a method for calculating the biomass, an actual survey and an aerial photo are used, but the both require huge cost and times.

Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation has developed a technology for efficiently measuring the wide range biomass with low cost using satellite data. In this technology, the data by the world's first polarimetric SAR sensor (PALSAR) data carried in the domestic satellite "DAICHI" can be used.

Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation is still continuing research for utilizing the quantitative measurement of the forest biomass.