Estimation of Biomass using Remote Sensing: A Study of Bhadra Wild Life Sanctuary

Abstract

Biomass is an organic matter, both plant and animal that can be used for fuel source for energy. Biomass refers to any biological material derived from living or recently living organisms, including plants, animals and microorganisms. Biomass is a renewable energy source, it can be replenished relatively quickly through natural process as plant growth. Estimation of this biomass is a process of determining the total mass of living organisms in give particular given area including forestry, ecology and agriculture. That can effectively done with the help of remote sensing data and machine learning language. The objective is to estimate biomass for study area have been carried out for the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. Above and below ground biomass have been calculated   using random forest algorithm and the results were discussed.