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SUMMARY:Upcoming BIOMASS Earth Explorer 7 mission: concept and validation 
 challenges - Jerome Chave
DTSTART:20221118T130000Z
DTEND:20221118T140000Z
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CONTACT:Madeline Lisaius
DESCRIPTION:The ESA BIOMASS mission aims to provide wall-to-wall abovegrou
 nd biomass map products globally every year with an accuracy of 20% at the
  4-ha scale. This will reduce the major uncertainties in carbon fluxes lin
 ked to land use change\, and forest degradation\, will provide support for
  nationally determined contributions\, will become an essential input to t
 he climate modelling community\, and will provide key information on fores
 t resources and ecosystem services. This is a technological challenge\, as
  this satellite will be the first ever to embark a radar sensor at P band.
  Validation is a key component\, and relies on the long-term onsite commit
 ment of forestry and ecological science. Such an ambitious science and tec
 hnology project should benefit to the Global South. \n\nJerome Chave is se
 nior scientist with CNRS based in Toulouse.
LOCATION:Seminar time is 1pm BST in Room FW 11\, Willam Gates Hall. Zoom l
 ink: https://cl-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4361570789?pwd=Nkl2T3ZLaTZwRm05bzRTOUU
 xY3Q4QT09&amp\;from=addon 
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