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 …

Automated tree-crown and height detection in a young forest plantation using mask region-based convolutional neural network (Mask R-CNN)

Z Hao, L Lin, CJ Post, EA Mikhailova, M Li… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tree-crown and height are primary tree measurements in forest inventory. Convolutional
neural networks (CNNs) are a class of neural networks, which can be used in forest …

Standardizing ecosystem morphological traits from 3D information sources

R Valbuena, B O'Connor, F Zellweger… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
3D-imaging technologies provide measurements of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems'
structure, key for biodiversity studies. However, the practical use of these observations …

Fusing simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR data for regional aboveground biomass mapping

CA Silva, L Duncanson, S Hancock… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate mapping of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is critical for better understanding
the role of forests in the global carbon cycle. NASA's current GEDI and ICESat-2 missions as …

The impact of geolocation uncertainty on GEDI tropical forest canopy height estimation and change monitoring

DP Roy, HB Kashongwe, J Armston - Science of Remote Sensing, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) LiDAR provides new
spaceborne vegetation canopy structural information including relative canopy height …

Waveform LiDAR concepts and applications for potential vegetation phenology monitoring and modeling: a comprehensive review

EAL Salas - Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Researchers continually demonstrated through published literature how LiDAR could create
unparalleled measurements of ecosystem structure and forest height. There are a number of …

Spatially continuous mapping of forest canopy height in Canada by combining GEDI and ICESat-2 with PALSAR and Sentinel

C Sothe, A Gonsamo, RB Lourenço, WA Kurz, J Snider - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Continuous large-scale mapping of forest canopy height is crucial for estimating and
reporting forest carbon content, analyzing forest degradation and restoration, or to model …

Factors affecting relative height and ground elevation estimations of GEDI among forest types across the conterminous USA

C Wang, AJ Elmore, I Numata… - GIScience & Remote …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), a new spaceborne
LiDAR system of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has the …

Comparison analysis of five waveform decomposition algorithms for the airborne LiDAR echo signal

G Zhou, S Long, J Xu, X Zhou, B Song… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The information from the components obtained by waveform decomposition is usually used
to inverse topography, and classify tree species, etc. Many efforts on waveform …

Assessing the accuracy of GEDI data for canopy height and aboveground biomass estimates in Mediterranean forests

I Dorado-Roda, A Pascual, S Godinho, CA Silva… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) satellite mission is expanding the spatial
bounds and temporal resolution of large-scale mapping applications. Integrating the recent …