Mapping of water depth in nearshore waters is important for safe navigation and other
human uses of coastal areas. Optical satellite imagery offers a cost-efficient source of data …

Lichens are combinations of two symbiotic organisms, a green alga or cyanobacterium and
a fungus. They grow in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems and survive in habitats, which are …

High-quality ground-truth data are critical for developing reliable Earth Observation (EO)
based geospatial products. Conventional methods of collecting these data are either subject …

Boreal forests serve as the primary winter range for reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Sweden,
where ground lichens constitute the main food source. Lichen-rich forests have declined …

Estimating the number of trees within a forest stand, ie, the forest stand density (FSD), is
challenging at large scales. Recently, researchers have turned to a combination of remote …

Peatlands in the Canadian boreal forest are being negatively impacted by anthropogenic
climate change, the effects of which are expected to worsen. Peatland types and sub …

Lichen mapping is essential for sustainable caribou and lichen conservation. Previous
studies have used artificial intelligence to create lichen coverage (%) maps using a scaling …

Lichen mapping is vital for caribou management plans and sustainable land conservation.
Previous studies have used random forest, dense neural network, and convolutional neural …