The advent and recent advances of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) have enabled
accurate measurement of 3D ecosystem structure. Here, we review insights gained through …

Abrupt forest disturbances generating gaps> 0.001 km2 impact roughly 0.4–0.7 million km2
a− 1. Fire, windstorms, logging, and shifting cultivation are dominant disturbances; minor …

Articles face is repeatedly measured along a transect, the result is an outline of both the
ground surface and any vegetation obscuring it. Even in areas with high vegetation cover …

Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation in develo** countries is
of central importance in efforts to combat climate change. Key scientific challenges must be …

The long‐term net flux of carbon between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere has
been dominated by two factors: changes in the area of forests and per hectare changes in …

The value of lidar derives from its ability to map ecosystem vertical structure which can be
used to estimate aboveground carbon storage. Spaceborne lidar sensors collect data along …

This revision maintains the position of Forest Ecosystems as the one source for the latest
information on the advanced methods that have enhanced our understating of forest …

As remote sensing data and methods have become increasingly complex and varied-and
increasingly reliable-so have their uses in forest management. New algorithms have been …

Estimation of the amount of carbon stored in forests is a key challenge for understanding the
global carbon cycle, one which remote sensing is expected to help address. However …

This paper describes the estimation of parameters characterizing the vertical structure of
vegetated land surfaces, from combined interferometric and polarimetric radar data. Physical …