The role and need for space-based forest biomass-related measurements in environmental management and policy

M Herold, S Carter, V Avitabile, AB Espejo… - Surveys in …, 2019 - Springer
The achievement of international goals and national commitments related to forest
conservation and management, climate change, and sustainable development requires …

Improving estimates and change detection of forest above-ground biomass using statistical methods

AE Turton, NH Augustin, ETA Mitchard - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forests store approximately as much carbon as is in the atmosphere, with potential to take in
or release carbon rapidly based on growth, climate change and human disturbance. Above …

A systematic evaluation of multi-resolution ICESat-2 ATL08 terrain and canopy heights in boreal forests

T Feng, L Duncanson, P Montesano, S Hancock… - Remote sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The launch of NASA's Ice, Cloud, And Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) in September 2018
provides the scientific community an opportunity to observe high-resolution and three …

The NASA AfriSAR campaign: Airborne SAR and lidar measurements of tropical forest structure and biomass in support of current and future space missions

T Fatoyinbo, J Armston, M Simard, S Saatchi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2015 and 2016, the AfriSAR campaign was carried out as a collaborative effort among
international space and National Park agencies (ESA, NASA, ONERA, DLR, ANPN and …

Large scale multi-layer fuel load characterization in tropical savanna using GEDI spaceborne lidar data

RV Leite, CA Silva, EN Broadbent… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantifying fuel load over large areas is essential to support integrated fire management
initiatives in fire-prone regions to preserve carbon stock, biodiversity and ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Past decade above-ground biomass change comparisons from four multi-temporal global maps

A Araza, M Herold, S De Bruin, P Ciais… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Above-ground biomass (AGB) is considered an essential climate variable that underpins our
knowledge and information about the role of forests in mitigating climate change. The …

Deep learning-based spatiotemporal data fusion using a patch-to-pixel map** strategy and model comparisons

Z Ao, Y Sun, X Pan, Q **n - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tradeoffs among the spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions of satellite sensors make it
difficult to acquire remote sensing images at both high spatial and high temporal resolutions …

New ways for (in) validating the forest carbon neutrality hypothesis

MJ McGrath, A Schulte‐Frohlinde… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Over 50 years ago, Eugene Odum postulated that mature or climax forests reside in
carbon neutrality. As climate change rose to prominence in the international environmental …

Moving Toward L‐Band NASA‐ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR) Dense Time Series: Multipolarization Object‐Based Classification of Wetlands Using Two Machine …

S Adeli, B Salehi, M Mahdianpari… - Earth and Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Given the key role wetlands play in climate regulation and shoreline stabilization, identifying
their spatial distribution is essential for the management, restoration, and protection of these …

Leveraging the next generation of spaceborne Earth observations for fuel monitoring and wildland fire management

RV Leite, C Amaral, CSR Neigh… - Remote Sensing in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Managing fuels is a key strategy for mitigating the negative impacts of wildfires on people
and the environment. The use of satellite‐based Earth observation data has become an …