A survey of remote sensing-based aboveground biomass estimation methods in forest ecosystems

D Lu, Q Chen, G Wang, L Liu, G Li… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing-based methods of aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in forest
ecosystems have gained increased attention, and substantial research has been conducted …

Current remote sensing approaches to monitoring forest degradation in support of countries measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems for REDD+

AL Mitchell, A Rosenqvist, B Mora - Carbon balance and management, 2017 - Springer
Forest degradation is a global phenomenon and while being an important indicator and
precursor to further forest loss, carbon emissions due to degradation should also be …

Monthly map** of forest harvesting using dense time series Sentinel-1 SAR imagery and deep learning

F Zhao, R Sun, L Zhong, R Meng, C Huang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared with disturbance maps produced at annual or multi-year time steps, monthly
map** of forest harvesting can provide more temporal details needed for studying the …

Utility of multitemporal lidar for forest and carbon monitoring: Tree growth, biomass dynamics, and carbon flux

K Zhao, JC Suarez, M Garcia, T Hu, C Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lidar transforms how we map ecosystems, but its prospect for measuring ecosystem
dynamics is limited by practical factors, such as variation in lidar acquisition and lack of …

A large net carbon loss attributed to anthropogenic and natural disturbances in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation

O Csillik, M Keller, M Longo, A Ferraz… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The Amazon forest contains globally important carbon stocks, but in recent years,
atmospheric measurements suggest that it has been releasing more carbon than it has …

Airborne lidar change detection: An overview of Earth sciences applications

U Okyay, J Telling, CL Glennie, WE Dietrich - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, airborne laser scanning (ALS) has found widespread application
and driven fundamental advances in the Earth sciences. With increasing availability and …

Aboveground biomass variability across intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon

M Longo, M Keller, MN dos‐Santos… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Deforestation rates have declined in the Brazilian Amazon since 2005, yet degradation from
logging, fire, and fragmentation has continued in frontier forests. In this study we quantified …

Estimating changes in forest attributes and enhancing growth projections: A review of existing approaches and future directions using airborne 3D point cloud data

P Tompalski, NC Coops, JC White… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The increasing availability of three-dimensional point clouds,
including both airborne laser scanning and digital aerial photogrammetry, allow for the …

Forest aboveground biomass estimation in Zhejiang Province using the integration of Landsat TM and ALOS PALSAR data

P Zhao, D Lu, G Wang, L Liu, D Li, J Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In remote sensing–based forest aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation research, data
saturation in Landsat and radar data is well known, but how to reduce this problem for …

Estimating forest volume and biomass and their changes using random forests and remotely sensed data

J Esteban, RE McRoberts, A Fernández-Landa… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite the popularity of random forests (RF) as a prediction algorithm, methods for
constructing confidence intervals for population means using this technique are still only …