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Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Tandem-X Coherence Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016
In this paper, we report results of a study aimed at assessing the potential for using X-band single-pass radar interferometric coherence for forest canopy height estimation. We use datasets from the Tandem-X satellite pair collected over Canadian forest
Hao Chen, Shane R. Cloude, David G. Goodenough   +2 more
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Weak Environmental Controls of Tropical Forest Canopy Height in the Guiana Shield

Remote Sensing, 2016
Canopy height is a key variable in tropical forest functioning and for regional carbon inventories. We investigate the spatial structure of the canopy height of a tropical forest, its relationship with environmental physical covariates, and the ...
Youven Goulamoussène, Caroline Bedeau, Laurent Descroix, Vincent Deblauwe, Laurent Linguet, Bruno Hérault   +5 more
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Influence of voxel size on forest canopy height estimates using full-waveform airborne LiDAR data

Forest Ecosystems, 2020
Background Forest canopy height is a key forest structure parameter. Precisely estimating forest canopy height is vital to improve forest management and ecological modelling.
Cheng Wang, Shezhou Luo, Xiaohuan Xi, Sheng Nie, Dan Ma, Youju Huang   +5 more
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Forest Canopy Height Retrieval and Analysis Using Random Forest Model with Multi-Source Remote Sensing Integration

Sustainability
Forest canopy height is an important indicator of the forest ecosystem, and an accurate assessment of forest canopy height on a large scale is of great significance for forest resource quantification and carbon sequestration.
Kuifeng Luan, Weidong Zhu
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Estimating Forest Canopy Height Using MODIS BRDF Data Emphasizing Typical-Angle Reflectances

Remote Sensing, 2019
Forest-canopy height is an important parameter for the estimation of forest biomass and terrestrial carbon flux and climate-change research at regional and global scales.
Lei Cui, Ziti Jiao, Yadong Dong, Mei Sun, Xiaoning Zhang, Siyang Yin, Anxin Ding, Yaxuan Chang, Jing Guo, Rui Xie   +9 more
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Divergent responses of forest canopy height to environmental conditions across China

Ecological Indicators
As major components of terrestrial ecosystems, forest ecosystems play an important role in sequestering carbon and hence mitigating climate change. Canopy height is a crucial factor characterizing the structure and function of forest ecosystems, yet the ...
Xiang Pan, Junjie Ji, Kailin Gao, Tao Wei, Mingzhu He, Xiaohan Zhang   +5 more
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Evaluating ICESat-2 and GEDI with Integrated Landsat-8 and PALSAR-2 for Mapping Tropical Forest Canopy Height

Remote Sensing
Mapping forest canopy height is critical for climate modeling and forest management, and tropical forests present unique challenges for remote sensing due to their dense vegetation and complex structure.
Aobo Liu, Yating Chen, Xiao Cheng
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Upscaling Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Waveform-Calibrated GEDI Spaceborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 Data

Remote Sensing
Forest canopy height is a fundamental parameter of forest structure, and plays a pivotal role in understanding forest biomass allocation, carbon stock, forest productivity, and biodiversity. Spaceborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) systems, such as
Junjie Wang, Xin Shen, Lin Cao
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Challenges in Estimating Tropical Forest Canopy Height from Planet Dove Imagery [PDF]

Remote Sensing, 2020
Monitoring tropical forests using spaceborne and airborne remote sensing capabilities is important for informing environmental policies and conservation actions.
O. Csillik, Pramukta Kumar, G. Asner
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Canopy height and biomass distribution across the forests of Iberian Peninsula

Scientific Data
Accurate mapping of vegetation canopy height and biomass distribution is essential for effective forest monitoring, climate change mitigation, and sustainable forestry.
Yang Su, Martin Schwartz, Ibrahim Fayad, Mariano García, Miguel A. Zavala, Julián Tijerín-Triviño, Julen Astigarraga, Verónica Cruz-Alonso, Siyu Liu, Xianglin Zhang, Songchao Chen, François Ritter, Nikola Besic, Alexandre d’Aspremont, Philippe Ciais   +14 more
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