Forest inventory and management requirements are changing rapidly in the context of an
increasingly complex set of economic, environmental, and social policy objectives …

Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), also known as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
enables an accurate three-dimensional characterization of vertical forest structure. ALS has …

NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) launched in the fall of 2018 and
is collecting vegetation canopy height and terrain measurements globally. In this paper we …

This study provides insight into the assessment of canopy biophysical parameter retrieval
using passive sensors and specifically into the quantification of tree height in a …

High spatial resolution three-dimensional (3D) measurements of vegetation by remote
sensing are advancing ecological research and environmental management. However …

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 …

The measurement of tree height has long been an important tree attribute for the purpose of
calculating tree growth, volume, and biomass, which in turn deliver important ecological and …

Accurate segmentation of individual tree crowns (ITCs) from airborne light detection and
ranging (LiDAR) data remains a challenge for forest inventories. Although many ITC …

Gully erosion, one of the most damaging forms of land degradation, destroys farmlands and
threatens grain and ecological stability. Approximately 295,000 gullies have formed in the …

Highly accurate, rapid forest inventory techniques are needed to enable forest managers to
address the increasing demand for sustainable forestry. In the last two decades, Airborne …