Frequently asked questions.
The questions people ask most when they first see CANOPY. Anything else, ask us through the contact page.
Service
About CANOPY
What is CANOPY?
A satellite digital MRV (measurement, reporting and verification) service for forest carbon, built by MomentCube. It screens carbon stock and annual uptake from space, pre-checks project candidates and drafts standard documents.
What is digital MRV?
MRV stands for measurement, reporting and verification. Digital MRV automates measurement and reporting with satellite and sensor data and keeps the evidence verification needs.
Who is it for?
Municipal climate and green-space teams, companies considering nature-based climate action, forest-carbon project developers and urban forest managers.
Which languages are supported?
The product interface supports 17 languages, including Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese.
Limits
Issuance, statistics and validation
Does CANOPY issue carbon credits?
No. Its tCO₂e is a screening value. It does not replace issuance, Korea Forestry Promotion Institute registry review or Verra and Gold Standard third-party validation.
Is it different from Korea Forest Service statistics?
It uses KFS 2020 stand volume as a baseline, but scales it to the present with satellites, so it is an estimate and not the official statistic.
Can we skip field surveys?
No. Satellites do not measure tree height or diameter directly. CANOPY picks where field surveys are needed.
How is uncertainty shown?
As a ±% band showing how far annual uptake could move when inputs (satellite, area, coefficients) change. It is not a formal statistical confidence interval.
Data and use
Data and how to use it
Which satellites?
Sentinel-2 (optical 10 m), Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2 (radar), NASA GEDI (lidar), Landsat 8/9 and HLS (30 m) and MODIS (250 m).
What about heavy cloud?
Cloud, shadow, water and snow are excluded (SCL 4 and 5 only), and the next scene is used if too few pixels remain. Monsoon months can have fewer scenes.
How is pricing set?
Annual subscription, tiered by monitored hectares, the number of safety, air and growth screenings, and seats. Ask us for a quote.
Can we try it?
We can show you the demo workspace. Request it on the contact page.
Work with us
Start with a satellite screening of your forests.
Send us your forest boundaries. We screen carbon stock, annual uptake and candidate quality from public satellite data first, then walk through the results with you. No field equipment is needed.