NEOS-QUICK Results

• Stem volume and carbon stock estimates as maps and in table format
• Combination of mulit-temporal Earth Observation (EO) and airborne laserscanning (ALS) data and in-situ data from forest inventories (FI)
• Provision of error budgets for all statistical results

• Required reliability of carbon statistics (cf. GSE Forest Monitoring)
  
  • Total carbon stock: ± 10%
  • Carbon stock per unit area: ± 10%


• Carbon stocks per ha for Stand Montafon/ Gargellen valley
  
  • Forest inventory & BEF: 147.7 tC/ ha (± 14%)
  • ALS & orthophoto: 158.5 tC/ ha (± 14%)
  
  
• Total carbon stock for Stand Montafon/ Gargellen valley
  • Forest inventory & BEF: 517.4 tC (±14%)
  • ALS & orthophoto: 556.3 tC (± 14%)
  
  
• Accuracy assessment (Forest inventory compared to Earth Observation)
  • Deviation of carbon stock per ha: + 7.3%
  • Deviation of total carbon stock: + 7.5%