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The Centre for Geo-Information at Wageningen
University (NL) is offering a Post Doc position to perform research on the concept, tools and
implementation for the independent validation, regional calibration and the use
of global biomass products derived from remote sensing and their analysis to
assess the impact of human-induced changes on tropical forest biomass. The work
is linked with the ESA DUE GlobBiomass project with the aim to better
characterize and to reduce uncertainties of aboveground biomass estimates at
regional and global scales by developing an innovative synergistic mapping
approach using EO and in-situ data. The focus of the PostDoc position will be
on the validation task of the GlobBiomass products building upon the work
already performed at the GRS group (www.wageningenur.nl/grsbiomass) and the
validation protocol already developed as part of the project using different
types of existing biomass reference data in a harmonized manner. The new and
improved forest biomass map data and estimates (incl. uncertainties) should be
used in analysis related to REDD+ and on quantifying the impact of forest
regrowth in terms of biomass accumulation and carbon sink in the tropics from
local to regional scales, and understanding the role of regrowing forests in
the establishment of Reference Levels and Nationally Determined Contributions
as outlines by the Paris Climate Agreement. The independent assessment of
recent global biomass maps will also be performed for the European region using
extensive reference data from national forest inventories characterized by
different inventory designs.
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