[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth

N Lang, W Jetz, K Schindler, JD Wegner - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
The worldwide variation in vegetation height is fundamental to the global carbon cycle and
central to the functioning of ecosystems and their biodiversity. Geospatially explicit and …

[HTML][HTML] Global canopy height regression and uncertainty estimation from GEDI LIDAR waveforms with deep ensembles

N Lang, N Kalischek, J Armston, K Schindler… - Remote sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is a key climate mission
whose goal is to advance our understanding of the role of forests in the global carbon cycle …

Neural network guided interpolation for mapping canopy height of China's forests by integrating GEDI and ICESat-2 data

X Liu, Y Su, T Hu, Q Yang, B Liu, Y Deng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatially continuous estimates of forest canopy height at national to global scales are critical
for quantifying forest carbon storage, understanding forest ecosystem processes, and …

Modeling forest canopy heights: The effects of canopy shape

R Nelson - Remote sensing of environment, 1997 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional models that represent the top-of-canopy forest height structure were
developed to simulate airborne laser profiling responses along forested transects. The …

Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar

M Simard, N Pinto, JB Fisher… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Data from spaceborne light detection and ranging (lidar) opens the possibility to map forest
vertical structure globally. We present a wall‐to‐wall, global map of canopy height at 1‐km …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution mapping of forest canopy height using machine learning by coupling ICESat-2 LiDAR with Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 data

W Li, Z Niu, R Shang, Y Qin, L Wang, H Chen - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forest canopy height is an important indicator of forest carbon storage, productivity, and
biodiversity. The present study showed the first attempt to develop a machine-learning …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid model for estimating forest canopy heights using fused multimodal spaceborne LiDAR data and optical imagery

S Wang, C Liu, W Li, S Jia, H Yue - International Journal of Applied Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The forest canopy height is a key indicator for measuring global forest carbon stocks.
Spaceborne LiDAR, a satellite remote sensing technology, plays an essential role in large …

Hy-TeC: a hybrid vision transformer model for high-resolution and large-scale mapping of canopy height

I Fayad, P Ciais, M Schwartz, JP Wigneron… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate and timely monitoring of forest canopy height is critical for assessing forest
dynamics, biodiversity, carbon sequestration as well as forest degradation and …

[HTML][HTML] Highly local model calibration with a new GEDI LiDAR asset on Google Earth Engine reduces Landsat forest height signal saturation

SP Healey, Z Yang, N Gorelick, S Ilyushchenko - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
While Landsat has proved to be effective for monitoring many elements of forest condition
and change, the platform has well-documented limitations in measuring forest structure, the …

[HTML][HTML] An improved canopy integration scheme for a land surface model with prognostic canopy structure

PE Thornton, NE Zimmermann - Journal of Climate, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
A new logical framework relating the structural and functional characteristics of a vegetation
canopy is presented, based on the hypothesis that the ratio of leaf area to leaf mass (specific …