Spectral properties of coniferous forests: A review of in situ and laboratory measurements

M Rautiainen, P Lukeš, L Homolova, A Hovi, J Pisek… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Coniferous species are present in almost all major vegetation biomes on Earth, though they
are the most abundant in the northern hemisphere, where they form the northern tree and …

Mapping understory plant communities in deciduous forests from Sentinel-2 time series

X Yang, S Qiu, Z Zhu, C Rittenhouse, D Riordan… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understory plant communities are an integral component of deciduous forests, playing a
vital role in the overall health of the ecosystem. However, remote sensing of understory plant …

Remote sensing of tundra ecosystems using high spectral resolution reflectance: opportunities and challenges

PR Nelson, AJ Maguire, Z Pierrat… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observing the environment in the vast regions of Earth through remote sensing platforms
provides the tools to measure ecological dynamics. The Arctic tundra biome, one of the …

Assessing spring phenology of a temperate woodland: A multiscale comparison of ground, unmanned aerial vehicle and Landsat satellite observations

EF Berra, R Gaulton, S Barr - Remote sensing of environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The monitoring of forest phenology in a cost-effective manner, at a fine spatial scale and
over relatively large areas remains a significant challenge. To address this issue, unmanned …

Tree species classification and health status assessment for a mixed broadleaf-conifer forest with UAS multispectral imaging

A Abdollahnejad, D Panagiotidis - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Automatic discrimination of tree species and identification of physiological stress imposed
on forest trees by biotic factors from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) offers substantial …

The potential of Sentinel-2 data for estimating biophysical variables in a boreal forest: A simulation study

T Majasalmi, M Rautiainen - Remote Sensing Letters, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this study we use ground reference data from 962 forest plots to demonstrate the potential
of Sentinel-2 (S2) bands in estimating canopy biophysical properties in boreal forests in …

Monitoring multi-layer canopy spring phenology of temperate deciduous and evergreen forests using low-cost spectral sensors

Y Ryu, G Lee, S Jeon, Y Song, H Kimm - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Emerging near-surface remote sensing techniques have advanced our ability to monitor
forest canopy phenology. Thus far, however, little effort has been made to monitor the …

Assessing plant senescence reflectance index-retrieved vegetation phenology and its spatiotemporal response to climate change in the Inner Mongolian Grassland

S Ren, X Chen, S An - International journal of biometeorology, 2017 - Springer
Plant phenology is a key link for controlling interactions between climate change and
biogeochemical cycles. Satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) has …

Vegetation indices do not capture forest cover variation in upland Siberian larch forests

MM Loranty, SP Davydov, H Kropp, HD Alexander… - Remote sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Boreal forests are changing in response to climate, with potentially important feedbacks to
regional and global climate through altered carbon cycle and albedo dynamics. These …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in a boreal forest stand reconstructed from terrestrial laser scanning measurements

W Liu, J Atherton, M Mõttus… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has been shown to be a suitable remote
sensing proxy of photosynthesis at multiple scales. However, the relationship between …