Remote sensing in forestry: current challenges, considerations and directions

FE Fassnacht, JC White, MA Wulder… - … An International Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

Estimating forest above‐ground biomass with terrestrial laser scanning: Current status and future directions

M Demol, H Verbeeck, B Gielen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the global monitoring of above‐ground biomass (AGB) is crucial for forest
management to be effective in climate mitigation. In the last decade, methods have been …

Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

L Duncanson, JR Kellner, J Armston, R Dubayah… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is collecting spaceborne
full waveform lidar data with a primary science goal of producing accurate estimates of forest …

Quantifying aboveground biomass dynamics from charcoal degradation in Mozambique using GEDI Lidar and Landsat

M Liang, L Duncanson, JA Silva, F Sedano - Remote sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding changes to aboveground biomass (AGB) in forests undergoing degradation
is crucial for accurately and completely quantifying carbon emissions from forest loss and for …

A systematic evaluation of multi-resolution ICESat-2 ATL08 terrain and canopy heights in boreal forests

T Feng, L Duncanson, P Montesano, S Hancock… - Remote sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The launch of NASA's Ice, Cloud, And Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) in September 2018
provides the scientific community an opportunity to observe high-resolution and three …

Laser scanning reveals potential underestimation of biomass carbon in temperate forest

K Calders, H Verbeeck, A Burt, N Origo… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying climate mitigation benefits of biosphere protection or restoration requires
accurate assessment of forest above‐ground biomass (AGB). This is usually estimated using …

Continuous mapping of aboveground biomass using Landsat time series

P Arévalo, A Baccini, CE Woodcock, P Olofsson… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is an essential variable in the study of the carbon cycle, and
remote sensing provides the only viable means for mapping and monitoring biomass at …

[HTML][HTML] Using multi-platform LiDAR to guide the conservation of the world's largest temperate woodland

T Jucker, CR Gosper, G Wiehl, PB Yeoh… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Australia's Great Western Woodlands are the largest intact temperate woodland
ecosystem on Earth, spanning an area the size of the average European country. These …

Algorithm theoretical basis document for GEDI footprint aboveground biomass density

JR Kellner, J Armston… - Earth and Space Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar is a multibeam laser
altimeter on the International Space Station (ISS). GEDI is the first spaceborne instrument …

[HTML][HTML] Above-ground biomass change estimation using national forest inventory data with Sentinel-2 and Landsat

S Puliti, J Breidenbach, J Schumacher… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed at estimating total forest above-ground net change (ΔAGB; Gg) over five
years (2014–2019) based on model-assisted estimation utilizing freely available satellite …