In
terrestrial ecosystems, forests have great importance in terms of carbon
storage. Determination of carbon storage quantities is a key parameter for
monitoring global climate change and global warming. The aim of this study to determine
coniferous and broadleaf areas in the mixed stands (MS) by supervised
classification generated from Sentinel-2 satellite image and to calculate the total
carbon storage (TCS) of the MS using carbon coefficients. The results
demonstrated that the TCS values of the MS
in the study area vary between 50.52 and 175.32 ton/ha-1. The TCS values
per hectares of the pure coniferous stands, pure broadleaf stands and MS were
173.52, 143.52 and 74.21 ton/ha-1, respectively. Carbon storage amounts per
hectare of MS were found to be less because the tree species included in the
mixture were decreased the growing stock volume value per hectare. Also, the
structure of the MS in the study area played an effective role in obtaining
these results.
We would like to thank to Turkish General Directorate of Forestry for providing data
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Engineering |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 31, 2019 |
Submission Date | November 11, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 5 Issue: 2 |