Abstract:
This study investigated the coastal wetland of Jiangsu Province. Using methods such as satellite remote sensing and airborne multi-parameter remote sensing, this study estimated the biomass of dominant plants and estimated their carbon sequestration capacities. Based on fine-scale classification of surface features achieved using airborne hyperspectral data, this study extracted 11 land cover types. The vegetation cover was approximately 76%, and zones with human activities accounted for about 1.5% of the study area. The model for vegetation biomass inversion using the multi-parameter airborne remote sensing demonstrated higher accuracy than that based on satellite remote sensing, with a coefficient of determination (
R2) greater than 0.8 and a root mean square error (
RMSE) of 0.25. As calculated using the multi-parameter airborne remote sensing, Spartina alterniflora and reed within the study area exhibited aboveground carbon sequestration capacities of 0.41 kg/m
2 and 0.58 kg/m
2, respectively. This study demonstrates that the multi-parameter airborne remote sensing method can accurately determine vegetation types in wetlands and carbon sequestration capacity, thus providing crucial assessment parameters for research on the carbon cycle of the ecosystem and the current status of habitats within wetlands and precisely serving wetland resource surveys.