biota

Tools to generate aboveground biomass forest change maps from ALOS PALSAR/PALSAR-2 mosaic data.


License
GPL-3.0
Install
pip install biota==0.2

Documentation

README

What is this repository for?

This repository contains tools to download, calibrate, and generate change statistics from JAXA's ALOS mosaic product for forest monitoring purposes.

This repository includes tools for the following tasks:

  • Downloading ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 data from JAXA.
  • Pre-processing (speckle filtering, up/downsampling, reprojection) and calibration (gamma0, AGB) of the ALOS mosaic product for biomass mapping.
  • Methods for change detection, including identification of growth, deforestation and degradation.

How do I get set up?

These tools are written in Python for use in Linux. All libraries used are available within Anaconda Python.

How does it work?

Full documentation is hosted at: http://biota.readthedocs.io/ (under construction).

Who do I talk to?

Written and maintained by Samuel Bowers (sam.bowers@ed.ac.uk).