Global carbon balance of the forest: satellite-based L-VOD results over the last decade

JP Wigneron, P Ciais, X Li, M Brandt… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Monitoring forest carbon (C) stocks is essential to better assess their role in the global
carbon balance, and to better model and predict long-term trends and inter-annual variability …

High-resolution sensors and deep learning models for tree resource monitoring

M Brandt, J Chave, S Li, R Fensholt, P Ciais… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Trees contribute to carbon dioxide absorption through biomass, regulate the climate, support
biodiversity, enhance soil, air and water quality, and offer economic and health benefits …

Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed

V Moudrý, L Gábor, S Marselis, P Pracná, V Barták… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global map** of forest height is an extremely important task for estimating habitat quality
and modeling biodiversity. Recently, three global canopy height maps have been released …

High-resolution data reveal a surge of biomass loss from temperate and Atlantic pine forests, contextualizing the 2022 fire season distinctiveness in France

L Vallet, M Schwartz, P Ciais, D Van Wees… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The frequency and intensity of summer droughts and heat waves in Western Europe have
been increasing, raising concerns about the emergence of fire hazard in less fire-prone …

Forest practitioners' requirements for remote sensing-based canopy height, wood-volume, tree species, and disturbance products

FE Fassnacht, C Mager, LT Waser… - … Journal of Forest …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Despite decades of development, the uptake of remote sensing-based information products
in the forestry sector is still lagging behind in central and southern Europe. This may partly …

Using structural class pairing to address the spatial mismatch between GEDI measurements and NFI plots

N Besic, S Durrieu, A Schleich… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission can significantly enhance
multisource national forest inventories (MSNFI) by improving the spatio-temporal resolution …

Estimating canopy height at scale

J Pauls, M Zimmer, UM Kelly, M Schwartz… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We propose a framework for global-scale canopy height estimation based on satellite data.
Our model leverages advanced data preprocessing techniques, resorts to a novel loss …

[HTML][HTML] The consolidated European synthesis of CO2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2020

MJ McGrath, AMR Petrescu, P Peylin… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Quantification of land surface–atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and their trends
and uncertainties is essential for monitoring progress of the EU27+ UK bloc as it strives to …

Open-Canopy: A country-scale benchmark for canopy height estimation at very high resolution

F Fogel, Y Perron, N Besic, L Saint-André… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Estimating canopy height and canopy height change at meter resolution from satellite
imagery has numerous applications, such as monitoring forest health, logging activities …

Assessing the potential of remote sensing-based models to predict old-growth forests on large spatiotemporal scales

E Lalechère, JM Monnet, J Breen, M Fuhr - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Old-growth forests provide a broad range of ecosystem services. However, due to poor
knowledge of their spatiotemporal distribution, implementing conservation and restoration …