Three decades have passed since the launch of the first international satellite sensor
programme designed for monitoring Earth's resources. Over this period, forest resources …

Understanding fire is essential to improving forest management strategies. More specifically,
an accurate knowledge of the spatial distribution of fuels is critical when analyzing …

Aim To infer a forest carbon density map at 0.01° resolution from a radar remote sensing
product for the estimation of carbon stocks in Northern Hemisphere boreal and temperate …

The goal of the Boreal Ecosystem‐Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) is to improve our
understanding of the interactions between the boreal forest biome and the atmosphere in …

Methods for using airborne laser scanning (also called airborne LIDAR) to retrieve forest
parameters that are critical for fire behavior modeling are presented. A model for the …

Application and validation of a modified production efficiency model (PEM) appropriate for
the regional and global scales is presented. The model calculates not just the conversion …

A combination of statistical models and multisource data were used to map above‐ground
forest biomass for National Forest lands in California. To do this, data from the Moderate …

The use of lidar and radar instruments to measure forest structure attributes such as height
and biomass at global scales is being considered for a future Earth Observation satellite …

The Hydrosphere State Mission (Hydros) is a pathfinder mission in the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) Earth System Science Pathfinder Program (ESSP). The …

Planting trees has become a popular solution for climate change mitigation, owing to the
ability of trees to accumulate carbon in biomass and thereby reduce anthropogenic …