A review of the application of optical and radar remote sensing data fusion to land use map** and monitoring

N Joshi, M Baumann, A Ehammer, R Fensholt… - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
The wealth of complementary data available from remote sensing missions can hugely aid
efforts towards accurately determining land use and quantifying subtle changes in land use …

Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa

RM David, NJ Rosser… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated
anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical …

Improving above ground biomass estimates of Southern Africa dryland forests by combining Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 multispectral imagery

RM David, NJ Rosser, DNM Donoghue - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Having the ability to make accurate assessments of above ground biomass (AGB) at high
spatial resolution is invaluable for the management of dryland forest resources in areas at …

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 …

Synergistic use of radar Sentinel-1 and optical Sentinel-2 imagery for crop map**: A case study for Belgium

K Van Tricht, A Gobin, S Gilliams, I Piccard - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
A timely inventory of agricultural areas and crop types is an essential requirement for
ensuring global food security and allowing early crop monitoring practices. Satellite remote …

Improving near-real time deforestation monitoring in tropical dry forests by combining dense Sentinel-1 time series with Landsat and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2

J Reiche, E Hamunyela, J Verbesselt… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Combining observations from multiple optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites
can provide temporally dense and regular information at medium resolution scale …

Improved early crop type identification by joint use of high temporal resolution SAR and optical image time series

J Inglada, A Vincent, M Arias, C Marais-Sicre - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
High temporal and spatial resolution optical image time series have been proven efficient for
crop type map** at the end of the agricultural season. However, due to cloud cover and …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual constellations for global terrestrial monitoring

MA Wulder, T Hilker, JC White, NC Coops… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Free and open access to satellite imagery and value-added data products have
revolutionized the role of remote sensing in Earth system science. Nonetheless, rapid …

Integrated use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and open-source machine learning algorithms for land cover map** in a Mediterranean region

G De Luca, J MN Silva, S Di Fazio… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper aims to develop a supervised classification integrating synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) Sentinel-1 (S1) and optical Sentinel-2 (S2) data for land use/land cover (LULC) …

Combined Landsat and L-band SAR data improves land cover classification and change detection in dynamic tropical landscapes

JDT De Alban, GM Connette, P Oswald, EL Webb - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Robust quantitative estimates of land use and land cover change are necessary to develop
policy solutions and interventions aimed towards sustainable land management. Here, we …