The coastal zone offers among the world's most productive and valuable ecosystems and is
experiencing increasing pressure from anthropogenic impacts: human settlements …

Early Warning Systems (EWS) for near real-time detection of deforestation are a
fundamental component of public policies focusing on the reduction in forest biomass loss …

In recent years, the Yellow River Delta has been affected by invasive species Spartina
alterniflora (S. alterniflora), resulting in a fragile ecological environment. It is of great …

Accurate map** of forest above ground biomass (AGB) is essential for understanding
changes in the rate of ecosystem processes such as biomass productivity, litter productivity …

Forest plantation species identification is essential for biodiversity conservation, sustainable
management, and carbon sequestration. Fully Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (Full …

Managed forests, dynamic with activities of harvest and afforestation, have become an area
of imminent research opportunity to understand the effects of these disturbances and …

Forest degradation is a major issue in ecosystem monitoring, and to take reformative
measures, it is important to detect, map, and quantify the losses of forests. Synthetic Aperture …

The study addresses the impact of urbanization on fragile ecosystems such as the Western
Himalayas. One rapidly growing city in the Himalayan region is Haldwani, Uttarakhand …

Abstract Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter is the coherent combination of the
scattering from multiple individual scatterers within the radar resolution cell, which results …

Poplar is one of the most widespread fast-growing forest species. In Northern Italy,
plantations are characterized by large interannual fluctuations, requiring frequent monitoring …