Landsat 8 and ICESat-2: Performance and potential synergies for quantifying dryland ecosystem vegetation cover and biomass

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 185, Issue , 2016, Pages 233-242

  Glenn, Nancy F ^a   Neuenschwander, Amy ^b   Vierling, Lee A ^c   Spaete, Lucas ^a   Li, Aihua ^a   Shinneman, Douglas J ^d   Pilliod, David S ^d   Arkle, Robert S ^d   McIlroy, Susan K ^d  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; ATLAS; ICESat 2; MABEL; OLI; Shrub; TM

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUEL STORAGE; PHOTONS; THULIUM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ATLAS; ICESAT-2; MABEL; SHRUB;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRYLAND FARMING; HERB; ICESAT; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOMASS; SATELLITE MISSION; SHRUB; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84959459933     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.039     Document Type: Article

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