Combining satellite lidar, airborne lidar, and ground plots to estimate the amount and distribution of aboveground biomass in the boreal forest of North America

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 838-855

  Margolis, Hank A ^a,b   Nelson, Ross F ^b   Montesano, Paul M ^b   Beaudoin, André ^c   Sun, Guoqing ^b,d   Andersen, Hans Erik ^e   Wulder, Michael A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Forest inventory; ICESat GLAS; kNN; Landsat; Lidar; MODIS; North American boreal forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST INVENTORY; ICESAT-GLAS; LANDSAT; MODIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOREAL FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOREGION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; GLAS; ICESAT; INTERPOLATION; LANDSAT; LIDAR; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; RADAR;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84933533231     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2015-0006     Document Type: Article

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