Vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities are basic yet critical vegetation
structure variables in various disciplines and applications. Ground-and aerial-based …

Land change is a cause and consequence of global environmental change,. Changes in
land use and land cover considerably alter the Earth's energy balance and biogeochemical …

Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the Earth. As the cause and result of
global environmental change, land cover change (LCC) influences the global energy …

Fractional green canopy cover (FGCC) is a key diagnostic variable that can be used to
estimate canopy development, light interception, and evapotranspiration partitioning …

We present the first comparison of Sentinel-2A (S2) MSI (Multi-Spectral Instrument) and
Landsat 8 (L8) OLI (Operational Land Imager) data in the retrieval of forest canopy cover …

Forest mensuration–the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest
products–holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As …

Healthy soils are vital for sustainable development, yet consistent soil monitoring is scarce,
and soils are poorly represented in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals targets …

Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive
discussion of topographic LiDAR principles, systems, data acquisition, and data processing …

Remote sensing of forest canopy cover has been widely studied recently, but little attention
has been paid to the quality of field validation data. Ecological literature has two different …

Multispectral satellite data have become a common tool used in the mapping of wildland fire
effects. Fire severity, defined as the degree to which a site has been altered, is often the …