Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa

RM David, NJ Rosser… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated
anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical …

Remote sensing of human–environment interactions in global change research: A review of advances, challenges and future directions

N G. Pricope, K L. Mapes, K D. Woodward - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The role of remote sensing and human–environment interactions (HEI) research in social
and environmental decision-making has steadily increased along with numerous …

Object-based random forest modelling of aboveground forest biomass outperforms a pixel-based approach in a heterogeneous and mountain tropical environment

EMO Silveira, SHG Silva, FW Acerbi-Junior… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a highly heterogeneous biome of global ecological
significance with high levels of terrestrial carbon stocks and aboveground biomass (AGB) …

Tree aboveground carbon mapping in an Indian tropical moist deciduous forest using object-based image analysis and very high resolution satellite imagery

N Singh, S Nandy, LM van Leeuwen - Journal of the Indian Society of …, 2024 - Springer
Forests' capability to sequester and store a large amount of carbon makes it imperative to
assess the carbon stocked in them. The present study aimed to map the tree aboveground …

Integration of UAV LiDAR and WorldView-2 images for modeling mangrove aboveground biomass with GA-ANN wrapper

Y Zhu, SW Myint, K Liu, L Liu, J Cao - Ecological Processes, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Integrating optical and LiDAR data is crucial for accurately predicting
aboveground biomass (AGB) due to their complementarily essential characteristics. It can be …

Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation and Inventory: Evaluating Remote Sensing-Based Approaches

MN Khan, Y Tan, AA Gul, S Abbas, J Wang - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing datasets offer robust approaches for gaining reliable insights into forest
ecosystems. Despite numerous studies reviewing forest aboveground biomass estimation …

Exploring UAS-lidar as a sampling tool for satellite-based AGB estimations in the Miombo woodland of Zambia

H Shamaoma, PW Chirwa, JC Zekeng, A Ramoelo… - Plant Methods, 2024 - Springer
To date, only a limited number of studies have utilized remote sensing imagery to estimate
aboveground biomass (AGB) in the Miombo ecoregion using wall-to-wall medium resolution …

Estimating above-ground biomass of individual trees with terrestrial laser scanner and 3D quantitative structure modelling

TP Muumbe, P Tagwireyi, P Mafuratidze… - Southern Forests: a …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored the feasibility of using the terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) and quantitative
structure modelling (QSM) to estimate the above-ground biomass (AGB) of individual trees …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing structure, spatial patterning, and size class distribution of miombo woodland species along a precipitation gradient

A Mureva, C Magombedze, J Muvengwi, L Jimu… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our study investigates the intricate ecological mechanisms shaping miombo woodlands
across a rainfall gradient in Zimbabwe. We comprehensively analysed vegetation structure …

Estimation of aboveground forest biomass in Himalayan region of West Bengal, India using IRS P6 LISS-IV data

K Ghosal, S Das Bhattacharya, PK Paul - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022 - Springer
Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) measurement is a direct estimator of the live carbon
stock of that forest region. Increasing emission and concentration of CO2 is a global threat …