Remote sensing in forestry: current challenges, considerations and directions

FE Fassnacht, JC White, MA Wulder… - … An International Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling carbon storage in urban vegetation: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

Q Zhuang, Z Shao, J Gong, D Li, X Huang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban vegetation (UV) and its carbon storage capacity are critical for terrestrial carbon
cycling and global sustainable development goals (SDGs). With complex spatial distribution …

Characterizing the structural complexity of the Earth's forests with spaceborne lidar

T de Conto, J Armston, R Dubayah - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Forest structural complexity is a key element of ecosystem functioning, impacting light
environments, nutrient cycling, biodiversity, and habitat quality. Addressing the need for a …

Nationwide native forest structure maps for Argentina based on forest inventory data, SAR Sentinel-1 and vegetation metrics from Sentinel-2 imagery

EMO Silveira, VC Radeloff, S Martinuzzi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detailed maps of forest structure attributes are crucial for sustainable forest management,
conservation, and forest ecosystem science at the landscape level. Map** the structure of …

[HTML][HTML] Map** vegetation height and identifying the northern forest limit across Canada using ICESat-2, Landsat time series and topographic data

H Travers-Smith, NC Coops, C Mulverhill… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The northern forest-tundra ecotone is one of the fastest warming regions of the globe.
Models of vegetation change generally predict a northward advance of boreal forests and …

Map** high-resolution forest aboveground biomass of China using multisource remote sensing data

Q Yang, C Niu, X Liu, Y Feng, Q Ma… - GIScience & Remote …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation is crucial for carbon cycle studies and
climate change mitigation actions. However, because of limitations in timely and reliable …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid model for estimating forest canopy heights using fused multimodal spaceborne LiDAR data and optical imagery

S Wang, C Liu, W Li, S Jia, H Yue - International Journal of Applied Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The forest canopy height is a key indicator for measuring global forest carbon stocks.
Spaceborne LiDAR, a satellite remote sensing technology, plays an essential role in large …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-and intra-year forest change detection and monitoring of aboveground biomass dynamics using Sentinel-2 and Landsat

F Pelletier, JA Cardille, MA Wulder, JC White… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
National aboveground forest biomass products enable monitoring of biomass dynamics in a
consistent and repeatable manner to inform carbon accounting and sustainable forest …

A LiDAR biomass index-based approach for tree-and plot-level biomass map** over forest farms using 3D point clouds

L Du, Y Pang, Q Wang, C Huang, Y Bai, D Chen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spatially continuous map** forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is crucial for better
understanding the capacities of carbon sequestration capacities of forest ecosystems at both …

Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research

JW Atkins, P Bhatt, L Carrasco, E Francis… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The measurement of forest structure has evolved steadily due to advances in technology,
methodology, and theory. Such advances have greatly increased our capacity to describe …