Nature Remote Sensing

Tropical Forest Carbon Stock Explorer

Forest Biome Basin Basin Transect
Climatic & Edaphic Drivers
1,750 mm
+0 days
1.1% / yr
Satellite Finding: Congo forests maintain high biomass despite moderate rainfall because slow turnover (1.1%) and tall dense canopies buffer drought.
LiDAR Vertical Canopy Profile & Transect 34.5m Mean Height
Emergent (>35m)
Upper Canopy (20-35m)
Midcanopy (10-20m)
Understory (<10m)
Equilibrium Biomass (AGB) 382.6 Mg/ha -12.6 Mg/ha from pristine
Carbon Storage Density 191.3 Mg C/ha 87.5% Structural Cap
Vertical Strata Carbon Distribution 4 Strata Layers
Multi-Basin Counterfactuals
Comparative Insight: Amazon forests have higher turnover (~1.8%) making them 2.4x more sensitive to rainfall deficit than Congo stands.
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