2023, Vol. 11, Issue 4, Part B

author(s)
Ravi Kumar, SR Gupta, Sarnam Singh and VK Dhadhwal

abstract
This study aims to estimate total biomass and carbon stock in forest ecosystems and forestry plantations by using conventional approaches, and integrated field surveys with remote sensing and regression modeling. The study was undertaken in tropical dry deciduous forests at Kalesar National Park (30^° 00′ 00″ to 30^° 30′ 00″N and 70^° 00′ 00″ to 77^° 00′ 45″E) and at Panchkula forest divisions (30^° 40′ 50″ to 30^° 54′ 40″N and 76^° 46′ 40″ to 77^° 01′ 33″E) in Haryana Siwaliks. Spectral modeling of aboveground biomass was done on the basis of field data collected from 92 sampling plots of 0.1 ha at 23 forest sites in the study area. The field sampling, spectral responses of different bands and indices of MODIS 250m spatial resolution surface reflectance (SR) satellite data of 4 different months were used for assessing spatial distribution of aboveground biomass (AGB).