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Characterizing vertical forest structure using small-footprint airborne LiDAR [PDF]
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2003 Abstract Characterization of forest attributes at fine scales is necessary to manage terrestrial resources in a manner that replicates, as closely as possible, natural ecological conditions. In forested ecosystems, management decisions are driven by variables such as forest composition, forest structure (both vertical and horizontal), and other ...
David L Evans +2 more
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A Lidar-Radar Framework to Assess the Impact of Vertical Forest Structure on Interferometric Coherence [PDF]
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016 In this paper, we present novel modeling approaches to investigate the sensitivity of radar interferometric coherence to variations in the vertical forest canopy profile. We introduce a common framework applicable to model radar microwave extinction and structure from lidar data.
Hao Tang, Matthew Brolly, Marc Simard
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingSynthetic aperture radar tomography (TomoSAR) is widely used in reconstructing forest vertical structure, but accurately locating both ground and canopy scatterers in dense forest areas remains challenging.
Jie Wan +3 more
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Vertical Stratification Drives Divergent Spatial Trade‐Offs Among Xylem Cell Types in Angiosperm Trees of a Mountain Forest in Eastern China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionVertical stratification in forests acts as an ecological filter, driving woody plants to evolve specialized survival strategies. Angiosperms, in particular, develop secondary xylem with three interdependent functions—water transport, mechanical support ...
Qihang Yang +6 more
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Pol-InSAR sensitivity to hemi-boreal forest structure at L- and P-bands
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2021 A dual-frequency approach is proposed to discriminate hemi-boreal forest species using L- and P-band data. First, it is shown that L-band is less sensitive to the forest structure than P-band.
Samira Hosseini, Franck Garestier
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Monitoring dynamics in time of forest vertical structure with multibaseline PolInSAR data [PDF]
2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2014 Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) waves have the capability of penetrating into forest volumes. Multibaseline (MB) polarimetric-interferometric SAR (PolInSAR) systems can retrieve information about the vertical distribution of the radar backscattered power and to relate it to the physical 3-D forest structure of the vegetation.
Pardini, M. +4 more
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022 The distinct vertical structure (i.e., “overstory-understory-grass”) in natural forest stand causes significant differences in species composition, carbon–water cycles, and phenology variations in different vertical layers.
Zengxin Yun +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Vertical structure is an important parameter not only for assessment of the naturalness of a forest and several functional parameters, such as biodiversity or protection from avalanches or rockfall, but also for estimating biomass/carbon content.
Manuela Hirschmugl +2 more
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Mapping the vertical forest structure in a large subtropical region using airborne LiDAR data
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Vertical forest structure (VFS) refers to the vertical stratification or layering of forest communities in space, which is a fundamental characteristic of a plant community.
Xiangbei Zhou, Chungan Li
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Characterization of Canopy Layering in Forested Ecosystems Using Full Waveform Lidar
Remote Sensing, 2013 Canopy structure, the vertical distribution of canopy material, is an important element of forest ecosystem dynamics and habitat preference. Although vertical stratification, or “canopy layering,” is a basic characterization of canopy structure for ...
Ralph Dubayah +4 more
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