Use of remote sensing data to improve the efficiency of national forest inventories: A case study from the United States national forest inventory
Globally, forests are a crucial natural resource, and their sound management is critical for
human and ecosystem health and well-being. Efforts to manage forests depend upon …
human and ecosystem health and well-being. Efforts to manage forests depend upon …
Human-ignited fires result in more extreme fire behavior and ecosystem impacts
California has experienced a rapid increase in burned area over the past several decades.
Although fire behavior is known to be closely tied to ecosystem impacts, most analysis of …
Although fire behavior is known to be closely tied to ecosystem impacts, most analysis of …
Using remote sensing to quantify the additional climate benefits of California forest carbon offset projects
Nature‐based climate solutions are a vital component of many climate mitigation strategies,
including California's, which aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Most carbon offsets …
including California's, which aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Most carbon offsets …
[HTML][HTML] California's forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized
G Badgley, F Chay, OS Chegwidden… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
California operates a large forest carbon offsets program that credits carbon stored in forests
across the continental United States and parts of coastal Alaska. These credits can be sold …
across the continental United States and parts of coastal Alaska. These credits can be sold …
[HTML][HTML] Inter-and intra-year forest change detection and monitoring of aboveground biomass dynamics using Sentinel-2 and Landsat
National aboveground forest biomass products enable monitoring of biomass dynamics in a
consistent and repeatable manner to inform carbon accounting and sustainable forest …
consistent and repeatable manner to inform carbon accounting and sustainable forest …
Improved object-based estimation of forest aboveground biomass by integrating LiDAR data from GEDI and ICESat-2 with multi-sensor images in a heterogeneous …
Accurate and effective map** of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) in heterogeneous
mountainous regions is a huge challenge but an urgent demand for resource managements …
mountainous regions is a huge challenge but an urgent demand for resource managements …
A carbon monitoring system for map** regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA
This paper presents a prototype Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) developed to produce
regionally unbiased annual estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). Our CMS employed …
regionally unbiased annual estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). Our CMS employed …
[HTML][HTML] Pre-fire aboveground biomass, estimated from LiDAR, spectral and field inventory data, as a major driver of burn severity in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) …
Background The characterization of surface and canopy fuel loadings in fire-prone pine
ecosystems is critical for understanding fire behavior and anticipating the most harmful …
ecosystems is critical for understanding fire behavior and anticipating the most harmful …
An empirical, integrated forest biomass monitoring system
The fate of live forest biomass is largely controlled by growth and disturbance processes,
both natural and anthropogenic. Thus, biomass monitoring strategies must characterize both …
both natural and anthropogenic. Thus, biomass monitoring strategies must characterize both …
Hindcasting and updating Landsat-based forest structure map** across years to support forest management and planning
Forest vegetation map** that integrates forest inventory data with multispectral remote
sensing data provides valuable geospatial products for public land management agencies …
sensing data provides valuable geospatial products for public land management agencies …