Carbon Monitoring Homework 1

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Please complete all of these questions and submit the form to receive credit. Homework must be submitted by June 30th, 2016.

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1. Which of these is NOT an activity included in REDD+? *

A. Reducing emissions from deforestation

B. Reducing emissions from industrial activities

C. Conservation of forest carbon stocks

D. Sustainable management of forest

2. REDD+ performance-based payments require: *

A. Methodologies for estimating actual emissions

B. Methodologies for establishing a reference level

C. Measuring, reporting and verification of data, methods, and results

D. All of the above

3. Explain the two simultaneous functions of a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). *

4. What are the IPCC good practice principles for REDD+ reporting? *

A. Consistency

B. Comparability

C. Transparency

D. Accuracy

E. Completeness

F. A and E

G. All of the above

5. Name the four main methods for estimating forest biomass. *

6. Which of the following is NOT a use of remote sensing for REDD+ measurements? *

A. Provides indicators for areas affected by forest degradation

B. Provides forest area change maps that can be linked to specific deforestation activities

C. Provides source data to measure forest changes

D. Provides direct biomass measurements

7. Inclusion of national stakeholders and an understanding of the REDD+ monitoring requirements are key components of a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) design. *

A. True

B. False

8. Name one remote sensing data source for each of these spatial resolutions: coarse, medium, and high (optical). *

9. Radiometric correction enables comparison of one image to another. *

A. True

B. False

10. List at least three land cover classes you would use for image classification of your study area or the region where you live. For example: forest, water, etc. *

11. Which is NOT a top-level category as defined by the IPCC Good Practice Guide for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (GPG-LULUCF 2003). *

A. Forest Land

B. Wetlands

C. Deserts

D. Cropland

E. Settlements

F. Other land

12. Unsupervised image classification uses expert-defined areas of know vegetation types to classify an image. *

A. True

B. False

13. Image segmentation *

A. reduces processing time of image analysis

B. uses pixel-level techniques bases on quantitative values

C. is repeatable and objective

D. all of the above

14. Describe the method, or combination of methods, you would use for change detection analysis in your study area. *

15. Explore the Carbon Mapper website: https://cmsun.jpl.nasa.gov/. Click on the “Dataset Selection” icon on the left side of the mapper. Select “Flux”, then “Global Fossil Fuel CO2 Flux” then “FFDAS Totals”. Then click on “Time Series” on the bottom left. Describe how the global estimates of CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel has changed from 1997 to 2010. Optional additional step: Click on the “View Tools” icon then select your country of origin or study region. Describe how the CO2 emissions have changed in your specific country from 1997 to 2010. *

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