Characterizing 3D vegetation structure from space: Mission requirements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2753-2775

  Hall, Forrest G ^a   Bergen, Kathleen ^b   Blair, James B ^c   Dubayah, Ralph ^d   Houghton, Richard ^e   Hurtt, George ^f   Kellndorfer, Josef ^g   Lefsky, Michael ^j   Ranson, Jon ^c   Saatchi, Sasan ^h   Shugart, H H ⁱ   Wickland, Diane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

3D vegetation tructure; Biomass; Carbon cycle; DESDynI; Lidar; Radar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; 3D VEGETATION TRUCTURE; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SOURCE; CURRENT CAPABILITY; DATA PRODUCTS; DESDYNI; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXPLANATORY POWER; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST STRUCTURE; GAS CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL DATASETS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; GLOBAL MAP; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LAND-COVER TYPES; LIDAR PROFILES; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; MISSION DESIGN; MISSION DURATION; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; MULTI-BEAM; MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; NATURAL FORCES; NEW SATELLITES; RESEARCH RESULTS; SPACE ASSETS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WORKING GROUPS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIDAR; PHYTOMASS; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 79959353453     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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